FOI Request - Empty Commercial Buildings

Request 101003015965

Please can you provide the following:
1) The total number of empty commercial buildings in February 2019.
Commercial buildings will include:
o Offices
o Retail – retail stores, shopping centres, shops
o Industrial – warehouses, factories
o Leisure – hotels, pubs, restaurants, cafes, sports facilities
o Healthcare – medical centres, hospitals, nursing homes
2) The total number of empty commercial buildings as of 25th February 2022.
Commercial buildings will include:
o Offices
o Retail – retail stores, shopping centres, shops
o Industrial – warehouses, factories
o Leisure – hotels, pubs, restaurants, cafes, sports facilities
o Healthcare – medical centres, hospitals, nursing homes

Response 31-03-2022

As the Non Domestic Rates database is constantly changing , it is not possible to run a report to show what the empty property breakdown was back in February 2019 or 25th February 2022. This information therefore falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. 

A report has been run effective of 31st March and the details of the empty properties as at this date are as follows.

Total Empty Non Domestic Rates properties - 558

The breakdown by property description is as follows.

2 - Advertising Station
1 - Bank
2 - Betting Office
1 - Boat Building Yard
1 - Boathouse
1 - Brewery
3 - Burial Ground
3 - Café
10 - Caravan
1 - Caravan Site
1 - Chapel
1 - Church & Hall
2 - Club
1 - Cold Store
1 - Community Facility
1 - Curling Pond
1 - Day Centre
1 - Factory
2 - Fitness Centre
11 - Garage
1 - Guest House
4 - Hairdressing Salon
5 - Hall
1 - Historic Building
1 - Home
2 - Hotel
1 - Hut
2 - Information Centre
2 - Library
1 - Lock Up Garage
1 - Mill
2 - Minerals
1 - Mission Hall
1 - Observer Post
45 - Office
1 - Paddock
3 - Peat Moss
1 - Playing Field
1 - Police Station
2 - Post Office
1 - Pre School Nursery
161 - Premises
38 - Premises Under Reconstruction
1 - Public Convenience
1 - Public House
7 - Quarry
1 - Refuse Tip
1 - Research Centre
2 - Restaurant
2 - Retail Warehouse
1 - Saleroom
65 - Shooting Rights
43 - Shop
1 - Showroom
1 - Slaughterhouse
1 - Squash Court
1 - Stance
52 - Store
2 - Studio
1 - Surgery
1 - Treatment Centre
1 - Visitor Centre
2 - Warehouse
1 - Workrooms
24 - Workshop
21 - Yard