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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Report summary: The Value of Early Engagement in Planning
Summary of the Value of Early Engagement in Planning report.
The Value of Early Engagement in Planning
The purpose of this research is to demonstrate the value, in a development context, of early conversations with the Scottish communities about significant land use changes.
Residential development land prices and house prices
The University of Reading has been asked by the Scottish Land Commission to produce this paper investigating the relationship between housing development land prices and house prices in order to clarify whether high house prices cause high residential land prices or the other way around.
An Investigation into Land Banking in Scotland
This report explores the issues and tries to unpick them with the benefit of Glenigan planning permission data, as well as Registers of Scotland landownership data, amongst other evidence.
Scottish Land Commission's Response to NPF4 Call for Ideas
Scottish Land Commission's Response to NPF4 Call for Ideas
Land Focus: International Experience of Community, Communal and Municipal Ownership
Drawing on a series of in-depth international case studies, this research raises new ideas and thinking – not just about community ownership, but our wider approach to the governance of land ownership, use, and rights in Scotland.
Review of International Experience of Community, Communal and Municipal Ownership of Land
This research was commissioned to provide an overview of relevant forms of community, communal and municipal landownership in other countries, and suggest how lessons from international experiences could be applicable in Scotland.
The range, nature and applicability of funding models to support community land ownership
This report was commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission (SLC) to scope the range of funding models available to, and being used by, community landowning groups.
Community Engagement Baseline Surveys Report 2019
The effectiveness of the Scottish Government guidance must be assessed three years after publication. The Commission has carried out two surveys, one for landowners and one for communities, to establish a baseline understanding of the level of awareness and participation in engagement activities.
Repeopling Emptied Places
Centenary reflections on the significance and the enduring legacy of the Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919
Land Focus: Land Ownership by Trusts
The Scottish Government asked the Land Commission to look at ownership of land by charities and trusts and consider potential impacts on the public interest. This Land Focus paper aims to set out information about trust status in land ownership and some of the associated issues to consider.
Scale and Concentration: Research review on the effects associated with concentrated and large scale land ownership in Scotland
A review by SRUC of previous literature and a descriptive analysis of Scotland's current pattern of landownership.
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