Evidence and insights on Scotland’s land and its impact
The Scottish Land Commission’s work is grounded in evidence. Our research helps explain how land shapes Scotland’s economy, environment and communities and what can be done to make ownership and use fairer and more productive.
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Summary of Rural Land Markets Insights Report 2024
A summary of the Rural Land Markets Insights Report 2024.
Land Focus: Access to land for small scale ownership, management and use
The Scottish Land Commission sees significant potential for exploring how opportunities to access land for small scale ownership, management and use could be created.
Land Lines: Benefits of and barriers to affordable tenanted croft housing
Housing built integral to the croft as a landlord�s improvement to it, on land under crofting tenure.
Crofting Reform Consultation Response
Response by the Scottish Land Commission to the Scottish Government's consultation on crofting reform
Delivering community benefits from nature restoration projects in the Cairngorms National Park
Through semi-structured interviews, six people occupying a variety of active roles in different nature restoration projects shared their perspectives on the current delivery of community benefits from nature restoration in the Cairngorms National Park.
Vacant and Derelict Land Reuse: Progress Report
Ryden was appointed by the Scottish Land Commission (SLC) to report on progress with the reuse of Scotland�s vacant & derelict land (VDL). Building upon the reduction of VDL as a policy priority, SLC and SEPA�s VDL Taskforce were established in 2018, Ryden reported in detail on Scotland�s VDL in 2019, and the Taskforce�s recommendations were published in 2020.
Summary: Key findings from the 2024 review of vacant and derelict land
In October 2020 the Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce published a series of recommendations to support productive re-use of land. This followed two years of work analysing the challenge of vacant land.
Research Summary: Principles for Natural Resource Governance
Research by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) for the Commission looked at various governance models in Scotland and abroad, offering valuable lessons for land governance.
Analysis of mechanisms and governance approaches to securing public value from natural resources
The following report brings together two phases of work commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission which has sought to identify enablers and barriers in mechanisms for natural resource management.
Rural Land Market Data Report 2024
An analysis of farm, forestry and estate land transactions in Scotland in 2024.
Advice on Part 1 of the Land Reform Bill from the Scottish Land Commission
The Scottish Land Commission has proposed key changes to the Land Reform Bill, currently being considered by Parliament, so that it achieves the Scottish Government�s objectives to address the impacts of concentrated land ownership.
Land Reform Bill: Official corespondence from Scottish Government
Response from Mairi Gougeon to the Scottish Land Commission's advice on Part 1 of the Land Reform Bill.
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