Understanding what’s happening with Scotland’s land

5 November, 2025

Scotland takes important step towards fairer use and ownership of land

Scottish Land Commission statement on the passing of the Land Reform Bill.

28 October, 2025

Four voices, one question: Part 4

Alongside our public engagement work, we’ve invited a range of contributors with deep and diverse experience of land, nature, and community to share their vision for the future. These blogs offer bold ideas, critical questions, and grounded reflections on the challenges and opportunities ahead. Together, they form a series of thought pieces intended to inform, inspire, and spark debate.

22 October, 2025

Global lessons could help Scotland build a fairer, greener land tax system

A new report from the Scottish Land Commission shows how lessons from around the world could help Scotland modernise the way it values land and property — strengthening the foundation for fairer taxation to support sustainable public finances, and action on climate change.

20 October, 2025

Building the future together: What does a thriving tenanted sector really mean?

It’s encouraging to see tenant farming representation now established across the UK, with the appointment of Alan Laidlaw as England’s new Tenant Farming Commissioner.

13 October, 2025

Coherence, capacity and collaboration in Land Use Strategy 4

The Scottish Government is currently consulting on a range of major plans that will set the direction for how Scotland’s land is used and managed in the years ahead.

30 September, 2025

Four voices, one question: Part 3

As part of our ScotLand Futures initiative, the Scottish Land Commission is asking what would it mean to complete Scotland’s land reform journey.

30 September, 2025

Land agents event in Inverness puts tenant farming priorities centre stage

The Scottish Land Commission brought together senior representatives from some of Scotland’s most prominent land agency firms on Monday 29 September in Inverness, for an in-depth discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing the tenant farming sector.

16 September, 2025

Lessons from casework: Why behaviour matters as much as legislation

Over recent months, I’ve been struck by how often the real lessons in tenant farming don’t come from policy debates or legal texts, but from the lived experiences people share with me.