Understanding what’s happening with Scotland’s land

13 December, 2023

Community Land Leadership Group - update

The Community Land Leadership Group was established following a recommendation made in the Scottish Land Commission review of community land ownership in 2018.

4 December, 2023

Have you thought about your lease recently?

Many secure tenants seem to have difficulty in knowing where their lease is! Often it is in a box in the attic or lodged with a solicitor but hasn’t been looked at for years, if at all.

28 November, 2023

Major report reveals large growth in Scottish land value

A REVEALING new report on land trends has brought fresh insights into the dynamics of rural land transactions in Scotland.

28 November, 2023

Three years of Scotland’s rural land market in six maps

This week we have published our latest Rural Land Market Report, the next in our series looking at sales in Scotland’s rural land market over recent years.

21 November, 2023

Taxing questions

With a number of proposals for land and property tax reforms being discussed, Chief Executive Hamish Trench looks at what the Commission’s research and advice says about land and property tax reform.

15 November, 2023

Learning from France: SAFER's long term success in regulating land transfers

The Commission is always keen to learn from international experience , as many of the challenges we face in regulating land transactions, or considering issues of governance and ownership, apply just as much elsewhere as they do here.

11 November, 2023

Communities must benefit from Scotland’s changing land use

Communities must benefit from Scotland’s changing land use. New guidance puts local people at the heart of land decisions

9 November, 2023

Community benefits

This week we have published guidance on delivering community benefits from land. In last week’s blog I outlined fours reasons that those involved in land should be thinking about community benefits.