Research and reports

Natural Capital and Land: Recommendations for a Just Transition

Scotland has an opportunity to attract substantial investment into its land and natural capital. Doing this in a fair and effective way is key to making a just transition. Our advice focuses on how Scotland can do this well by being proactive in shaping our land market as well as emerging natural capital markets.

Land Lines: Carbon Markets, Public Interest and Landownership in Scotland

In this Land Lines discussion paper, Dr Jill Robbie and Dr Giedre Jokubauskaite explore the issues surrounding carbon markets, public interest and landownership in Scotland.

Land Lines: Natural capital, carbon offsetting and land use

In this Land Lines discussion paper, Prof Dieter Helm looks at natural capital, carbon offsetting and land use in Scotland.

What is happening in Scotland's Rural Land Market?

Summary of what is happening in Scotland's rural land market and why - based on findings from the Rural Land Market Insights Report 2022.

Rural Land Market Data Report 2022

This report presents the findings of the second stage of a two-stage research project commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission, on improving reporting of land market transactions in Scotland.

Community Ownership Financing: Options to Complement the Scottish Land Fund

This report was commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission to identify, explore and consider the wider implications of relevant and emerging sources of finance that are complementary to the Scottish Land Fund (SLF).

Rural Land Market Data Report 2020-2022

Analysis of land sales data 2020-2022.

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.

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.

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.