Research and reports

Overview of the Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce Recommendations

An overview of the Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce recommendations.

Vacant and Derelict Land Community Impact Tool

A survey tool to measure the impact of vacant and derelict land on the community.

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.

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.

Land and property taxation in Scotland: Initial scoping of options for reform

This report concludes by proposing a number of areas for further research into potential reforms to land and property taxation that build on Scottish Government policy objectives.

Legislative proposals to address the impact of Scotland’s concentration of land ownership

Scotland’s unusually concentrated pattern of land ownership is a matter of longstanding concern. Many people are deeply uncomfortable with the fact that so much of Scotland is owned or controlled by so few, in a pattern that is not necessarily shaped for today’s needs.

Summary: Legislative proposals to address the impact of Scotland's concentration of land ownership

Summary of the Legislative proposals to address the impact of Scotland's concentration of land ownership report.

Municipal Forests vs Community Woodlands

This report was written as a result of a project undertaken thanks to the funding of the Scottish Land Commission Student Award during the year 2020. It aims to explore the participation and use by the public of urban forests comparing two systems, communal forest ownership in France and community woodland in Scotland, drawing on interviews with key people involved in forest management and/or ownership in France and Scotland.

Vacant and Derelict Land Recommendations: Response from Ministers

Response from Roseanna Cunningham to the Scottish Land Commission's Vacant and Derelict Land recommendations.

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.

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 and Property Taxation in Scotland: Policy proposals for devolved taxes

This work builds on a comprehenive scoping study commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission, which explored opportunities for using tax to achieve land reform objectives and provided a framework within which opportunities could be assessed and implemented.