planning and land use statistics

Planning and Land Use Statistics

Maria Melling Ian Volante

Aisha Ahmed

Branch Responsibilities

Annual Surveys• Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey• Planning Consents for Affordable Housing

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Development Work• Housing Land Audit• Scottish Generalised Land Use database

Scottish Vacant & Derelict Land Survey

• SVDLS is an annual survey• Well established – 2007 is the 17th survey in the series• Enhanced surveys have been conducted since 1993.• Site-based return• Main purpose – to provide a national source to inform

the programming of the – Rehabilitation– Planning– Reuse of urban vacant & derelict land


Main point to note from 2007 survey

• 10,240 hectares of derelict and urban vacant land recorded:

2,660 hectares (26%) were urban vacant 7,580 hectares were derelict (74%).• Dundee only had 219 hectares of land recorded in the

survey, 2.1% of the total.


Results of the survey are available:• Statistical Bulletin• On line at the Planning Statistics page

– Current bulletin– Current site register– Previous bulletins back to 1996– Basic & more detailed guidelines on completion– Links to related areas


Main policy users of SVDLS• Regeneration Unit• Used to inform the allocation of the Scottish

Vacant & Derelict Land Fund• Dundee City received £5.25 million from the

SVDL Fund from April 2008 until March 2011

Planning Consents for Affordable Housing survey

• This survey was run for the first time in 2007.• Data was requested for the financial years 2005-06 and

2006-07.• The deadline for 2007-08 survey has just passed.• In the first year, 31 of the 34 Planning Authorities

provided a return.• This is NOT a survey of newly built affordable units or

units under construction• It IS information is recorded on affordable units at the first

stage of delivery


The main points emerging from the 2005-07 survey are:

• An estimated 12,173 affordable housing units were granted planning consent.

• 5,463 during 2005-06• 6,710 during 2006-07• 78% (9,526) of those units are to be publicly funded• In addition, a further 215 planning applications contain

developers commuted payments for affordable housing.


The results are available in the following ways:• In the Statistical bulletin.• On the Planning Statistics web site

– Statistical bulletin table & charts– Housing Profile pages for each Local Authority– Data for the Housing Profile tables.


Housing Profiles pages were included to provide somecontext to the specific affordable housing issues in eachLocal Authority.The data included covers the following• The LAs Affordable Housing policy• Comparison of individual LAs data with the Scotland

average; covering– Population statistics– Lower Quartile House Prices & Earnings– Housing statistics– Suspension of Right-to-Buy

Affordable Housing PolicyTable 7Source: Council - http://www.clacksweb.org.uk/

Clackmannanshire s tructure plan outlines that any split of housing types , tenures and affordability on particular s ites will be guided through Hous ing Plans . Within 2004 Local Plan, where a local need has been es tablished, the council will negotiate with developers to provide Affordable Hous ing. Currently a target contribution of 25% towards affordable hous ing provision (which can vary) will be sought on developm ents of at least 30 hom es. In exceptional cases (if a hous ing contribution cannot be m ade) a com m uted payment is sought for social hous ing to be provided in the sam e settlem ent.- The planning authority will seek to enter into a legal agreem ent to ensure that affordable hous ing priority is given to those in local hous ing need

Clackmannanshire

Clackmannanshire

Ratio of Prices to Earnings (Low er Quartile )

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Clackmann'shire -FT Earner / 1Bedroom

Clackmann'shire -FT & PT Earner /MediumPropertiesScotland - FTEarner / 1Bedroom

Scotland - FT &PT Earner /MediumProperties

All Occupied Census Dwellings (2001-)

Housing Statistics - Table 5

1.5%

20,558 2,191,278 0.9%

All Hous ing Com pletions (2001-2007)

2,107 143,086

Hous ing Com pletions per 1,000 of Occupied Census Dwellings

102 65

0.9%

Occupied Census Dwellings for Social Rent (2001)

7,626 644,735 1.2%

Social Hous ing Com pletions (2001-2007)

219 23,398

Council Scotland % of Scotland

1.2%

Right-to-Buy Sales (2001-2007) as a % of 2001 Social Dwellings

11.8% 12.1%

Right-to-Buy Sales (2001-2007) 901 77,907

Difference

42,976 87.9% 77.8% 10.1%5,924 12.1% 22.2% -10.1%

Population at las t census (2001) 48,077 0.9%48,900 1.0% 1.7% 1.1%50,984 1.0% 6.0% 4.1%

Households at las t census (2001) 20,558 0.9%21,937 1.0% 6.7% 4.5%23,270 1.0% 13.2% 11.6%

Projected (2016)

% Change Since

Census

Scottish % Change

Mid Year Es tim ate (2006)

Areas covered by Right-to-Buy Suspension - Table 6

No areas covered by a Right-to-Buy Suspens ion

Urban / Rural Split (2006) - Table 4 Number % of

Council Scottish Average

Urban Population

Population and Household Statistics - Table 3 Number % of

Scotland

Rural Population

Mid Year Es tim ate (2006)Projected (2016)

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

1 Bedroom Properties £29,950 £35,500 £33,000 £55,500 £58,000 -17.9% -16.5% -34.0% -7.5% -17.1%1 Full Time Earner £14,859 £15,256 £16,079 £15,182 £17,315 3.4% 3.0% 3.5% -5.5% 4.8%Ratio of Prices to Earnings 2.0 2.3 2.1 3.7 3.3 -20.7% -18.9% -36.2% -2.1% -21.0%

Medium Properties £47,995 £63,117 £70,000 £79,998 £94,000 -9.4% -2.9% -6.7% -3.6% -1.1%1 Full Time + 1 Part Time Earner £18,907 £19,519 £20,848 £20,830 £22,310 2.7% 2.3% 2.7% -0.6% 3.7%Ratio of Prices to Earnings 2.5 3.2 3.4 3.8 4.2 -11.8% -5.1% -9.1% -3.0% -4.6%

Clackmannanshire % +/- Scottish Average Lower Quartile House Prices and Earnings - Tables 1 and 2

2003 2004 2005 2006 20072.0 2.3 2.1 3.7 3.32.5 3.2 3.4 3.8 4.22.5 2.9 3.2 3.7 4.22.9 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.4

Price to Earnings Multiples at Lower-Quartile - Tables 1 and 2Clackmann'shire - FT Earner / 1 BedroomClackmann'shire - FT & PT Earner / Medium PropertiesScotland - FT Earner / 1 BedroomScotland - FT & PT Earner / Medium Properties


The main users of this data are:• Policy colleagues as part of the evidence in monitoring

the effectiveness of PAN74• Housing colleagues to identify where the affordable

houses are being given planning position

Developmental Work

Housing Land Audits• Initially being developed to provide data on the number of

affordable housing units being built.• Alternative approach to collecting affordable housing

being considered.• A consistent approach to producing the HLA across all

Planning Authorities is being developed. • The following areas are some of those that need to be

consulted on:– Agreed core set of variables– Agreed definitions – housing completions

Developmental Work

Scottish Generalised Land Use dataset• A bid has been made for Planning research money to get

external consultants to produce a Scottish GLUD.• This would be based on the methodology used in

England.• This would break Scotland down into land parcels,

covering– Buildings– Gardens– Paths– Roads– Greenspace

Developmental Work

Scottish Generalised Land Use dataset

• As a second stage, the consultants will produce a scoping report on additional datasets that could be used to enhance the detail of basic GLUD.

• These would cover– Greenspace Scotland data– Address layer 2

Developmental Work

Scottish Generalised Land Use dataset• A Scottish GLUD would provide basic land use information for

Scotland. This would be useful for a number of work areas with in the Scottish Government such as:– Planners– Flood Division– Rural Affairs Divisions

• Detailed maps on specific areas or to address specific questions could be developed as this dataset was used and expanded.

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