Understanding what’s happening with Scotland’s land

20 April, 2022

Piloting Land Rights and Responsibilities Assessment: SLE Members’ Experience

In this blog, Sarah Madden, Policy Adviser (Rural Communities) with Scottish Land & Estates (SLE), explores the experiences from the cohort of SLE land managers and owners who took part in the Land Rights and Responsibilities Self-Assessment Pilot Programme in 2020-2021.

13 April, 2022

Piloting Land Rights and Responsibilities Assessment: Community landowners’ experience

In this blog, Calum MacLeod, Policy Director of Community Land Scotland, explores the experiences from the cohort of CLS land owners who took part in the Land Rights and Responsibilities Self-Assessment Pilot Programme in 2020-2021.

12 April, 2022

Major report shows Scotland’s changing rural land market

Report reveals changes to Scotland's rural land market and values, amid strong timber prices and rising demand in non-farming leisure estates.

8 April, 2022

Embedding land rights and responsibilities – a review of the LRRS

In our latest blog, Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities, Emma Cooper, looks at the progress made with the Scottish Government’s Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement (LRRS) over the last five years and where more can be done to embed it in the way Scotland’s land is owned and used.

6 April, 2022

Self-Assessment can help identify new opportunities for land use and management

In this blog, Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities, Emma Cooper looks at the Commission’s Land Rights and Responsibilities Self-Assessment programme and what we have learnt from the process.

4 April, 2022

Can an agricultural tenancy exist without a written lease?

In his latest blog, Tenant Farming Commissioner Bob McIntosh looks at whether an agricultural tenancy can exist without a written lease.

31 March, 2022

Embedding land rights and responsibilities in natural capital investment and delivery

In this blog, Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities, Emma Cooper, explores the how Scotland’s land rights and responsibilities framework can help deliver a values-led, high-integrity market for responsible investment in natural capital and land.

23 March, 2022

What does land mean to me?

In our latest blog, Commissioner Sally Reynolds, a native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Lewis, shares what land means to her as we publish our first Gaelic Language Plan.