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: 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.
Transparency of option agreement
The research aimed to help the Scottish Land Commission to understand how much or how little information is available on land optioned for housing development in Scotland.
Land Focus: Option Agreements and the Housing Market
This discussion paper explores our latest commissioned research to better understand the case for improved transparency of option agreements and inform the delivery of NPF4.
Review of Funding Sources for the Re-Use of Vacant and Derelict Land
An updated Review of Funding Sources for the Re-Use of Vacant and Derelict Land carried out by Ryden - published in March 2022.
Land Focus: Land for Housing and Development
This Land Focus paper explores the Commission's review of land for housing, which proposes five recommendations suggesting a new model where the public sector takes a leading role in the housing land market to create places people want to live at prices they can afford.
Land for Housing: Towards a Public Interest Led Approach to Development
The Commission's review of land for housing proposes five recommendations suggesting a new model where the public sector takes a leading role in the housing land market to create places people want to live at prices they can afford.
Vacant and Derelict Land Recommendations: Response from Ministers
Response from Roseanna Cunningham to the Scottish Land Commission's Vacant and Derelict Land recommendations.
Interim Report: Regional Land Use Partnerships
The Scottish Government has asked the Scottish Land Commission to provide advice on the establishment of Regional Land Use Partnerships.
Housing Land Allocation, Assembly and Delivery: Lessons from Europe
The Universities of Glasgow and Liverpool were commissioned to assess experience from other European countries in the role of housing land allocation and assembly in enabling the delivery of high-quality affordable housing and placemaking.
Delivering more homes and better places: Lessons from policy and practice in Scotland
This report is one in a series commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission as part of its programme of work on land for housing and development in Scotland.
Vacant and Derelict Land Community Impact Tool
A survey tool to measure the impact of vacant and derelict land on the community.
Overview of the Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce Recommendations
An overview of the Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce recommendations.
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