Chapter 6 - Land Holdings and Buildings
                                 
Table 6.3 Land holdings by type of use and whether owned, leased or with legal rights, at 1 April each year in thousand hectares
These holdings include land declared as surplus to defence requirements.
A thousand hectares is 3.86 square miles.
 
  2000   2005 2006   2007   2008   2009 1 2010 1   2011 2
Airfields 26.2   26.4 26.4   26.4   26.2   26.0   25.0   || 16.6  
   Freehold 24.5   24.7 24.7   24.7   24.5   24.0   23.0   || 16.1  
   Leasehold 0.2   0.2 0.2   0.2   0.2   -   -   || 0.5  
   Rights3 1.5   1.5 1.5   1.5   1.5   2.0   2.0   || -  
 
Naval bases 1.2   1.2 1.2   1.2   1.2   1.0   1.0   || 0.9  
   Freehold 1.1   1.1 1.1   1.1   1.1   1.0   1.0   || 0.9  
   Leasehold 0.1   0.1 0.1   0.1   0.1   -   -   || -  
   Rights3 -   - -   -   -   -   -   || -  
 
Training areas, ranges 278.2   283.5 283.5   283.5   291.6   291.0   291.0   || 361.3  
   Freehold 145.3   148.8 148.8   148.8   148.7   148.0   148.0   || 144.0  
   Leasehold 13.3   15.2 15.2   15.2   15.2   15.0   15.0   || 13.1  
   Rights3 119.6   119.5 119.5   119.5   127.7   128.0   128.0   || 204.3  
 
Barracks, camps 10.8   11.4 11.4   11.4   11.4   11.0   12.0   || 12.1  
   Freehold 10.0   10.6 10.6   10.6   10.6   11.0   11.0   || 11.6  
   Leasehold 0.3   0.3 0.3   0.3   0.3   -   -   || -  
   Rights3 0.5   0.5 0.5   0.5   0.5   1.0   1.0   || 0.4  
 
Storage, supply depots 10.8   11.7 11.7   11.7   11.7   12.0   11.0   || 7.1  
   Freehold 10.3   11.2 11.2   11.2   11.2   11.0   11.0   || 7.1  
   Leasehold 0.1   0.1 0.1   0.1   0.1   -   -   || 0.1  
   Rights3 0.4   0.4 0.4   0.4   0.4   -   -   || -  
 
Research and Development 22.0   18.4 18.4   18.4   18.4   18.0   18.0   || 19.0  
   Freehold 20.5   16.8 16.8   16.8   16.8   16.0   16.0   || 15.4  
   Leasehold 0.9   1.0 1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0   || 3.6  
   Rights3 0.6   0.6 0.6   0.6   0.6   1.0   1.0   || -  
 
Radio & W/T stations 7.3   6.4 6.4   6.4   6.4   6.0   6.0   || 3.4  
   Freehold 5.6   5.1 5.1   5.1   5.1   5.0   5.0   || 3.3  
   Leasehold 0.6   0.6 0.6   0.6   0.6   1.0   1.0   || 0.1  
   Rights3 1.1   0.7 0.7   0.7   0.7   1.0   1.0   || -  
 
Miscellaneous 6.8   6.7 6.7   6.7   6.6   7.0   7.0   || 14.9  
   Freehold 2.4   2.2 2.2   2.2   2.1   2.0   2.0   || 11.5  
   Leasehold 3.2   2.8 2.8   2.8   2.8   3.0   3.0   || 3.3  
   Rights3 1.2   1.7 1.7   1.7   1.7   2.0   2.0   || 0.1  
 
Defence land used for agricultural purposes4 92.2   106.3 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5     5
Grazing only 50.3   71.0 ..   ..   ..   ..   ..     ..  
Full agricultural use 41.9   35.3 ..   ..   ..   ..   ..     ..  
 
Source: MOD Defence Infrastructure Organisation
 
1. The figures presented for years 2009 and 2010 were rounded to the nearest thousand hectares.
2. Data for 2011 has been compiled using a new spatial dataset which allows for greater accuracy in the measurement of the estate, because of this new dataset comparable figures for earlier years are not available. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred hectares
3. Rights held are land and foreshore that are not owned by, or leased to MOD, but over which the Department has limited rights under grants and rights.
4. Values are included within the usage totals above.
5. Following changes in the tenancies of agricultural land, these data are no longer available.