Land

The Scottish government’s Land Reform Bill is "gambling" with the future of communities in rural Scotland and investment in the transition to net zero. Scottish Land & Estates, the rural business organisation, made the comments as it published its submission on the draft legislation follow

Taxes on land and property could help Scotland develop a robust economy, according to a new report published today. The report – Land and property taxation in Scotland: Initial scoping of options for reform – has been written for the Scottish Land Commission by Alma Economics.

Scotland should look to international examples of land ownership, use, and management to inform its land reform programme, the Scottish Land Commission has said. Its report entitled Review of International Experience of Community, Communal and Municipal Ownership of Land identifies three themes

Community land ownership in Scotland relies on a wide range of financing models, according to a new report published by the Scottish Land Commission. The report, entitled The Range, Nature And Applicability Of Funding Models To Support Community Land Ownership, identifies 13 different approaches tha

A new protocol detailing how landowners, land managers and communities can work together to make "better and fairer" decisions about land use was launched today by the Scottish Land Commission. The protocol supports the Guidance on Engaging Communities in decisions relating to land, which was publis