Vacant and Derelict Land - Scotland

The Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey is a national data collection undertaken to establish the extent and state of vacant and derelict land in Scotland. The survey has been operating since 1988. This survey is associated with the Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Fund, under which cash allocations are made to local authorities.

Every year the Scottish Government Communities Analytical Services produce a comprehensive national survey based on data collected and processed from all Local Authorities and Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority. The Spatial Hub takes this survey data and joins it (using site ID) to the polygon site information provided by local authorities.

To create this dataset we have taken all of the spatial data provided by councils for the current survey year (2018 published in 2019) and combined it to this year's statistical survey (using the site reference). However:

- where local authorities have not provided spatial data for the current year, their previous spatial data return has been used.

- where there is no spatial data at all for sites we have buffered the easting and northing provided in the survey, to create a circular polygon area for a site. (Dumfries and Galloway Council and Highland Council)

 
Citation proposal
. Vacant and Derelict Land - Scotland. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/a61ead38-bf78-42f2-8c59-72add11ee5c8

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Alternate title
vdl
Date ( Revision )
2020-01-13
Identifier
www.spatialhub.scot / sh_vdl

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Maintenance and update frequency
annually Annually
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Land use
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units , Land use
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Limitations on public access
Use limitation
Use of the data is available to any organisation that is a member of the OSMA (One Scotland Mapping Agreement) or any UK academic institution via Edina's subscription Digimap service. It is not currently commercially available.
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Planning cadastre
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Reference system identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258
Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / ETRS89 (EPSG:4258) / 7.9
Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator (EPSG:3857) / 7.9
Distribution format
  • OGC:WMC (1.3.0 )

OnLine resource
http://www.spatialhub.scot/get-data/  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement

This dataset was amalgamated, optimised and published by the Spatial hub.

The following quality assurance checks and corrections are carried out on the data:

Polygons are dissolved/ aggregated by key name and local authority.

The minimum polygon area allows in the data is 5 square metres

Checks for invalid geometry types

The maximum angle for any spikes is 3 degrees

Any duplicate geometry is removed from the data

Duplicate key names for polygons are not removed

Polygons with no key names are not removed

Checks for basic geometry and self-intersection

Where a polygon overlaps a local authority boundary (or any other input data) by up to 0.2m we will snap this to the boundary.

Where a polygon has a gap of 0.2m to a local authority boundary (or any other input data) we will snap this to the boundary.

All corrections and issues are captured and communicated via Quality Assurance report maps. Please contact spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk for more details

Metadata

File identifier
a61ead38-bf78-42f2-8c59-72add11ee5c8   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-01-14
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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