Understanding what’s happening with Scotland’s land

16 February, 2021

New legislation to relinquish and assign farming tenancies

New legislation for secure farming tenants comes into force at the end of February. It applies to tenants who want to relinquish a tenancy or assign it to a new entrant or progressing farmer.

10 February, 2021

Amnesty – Procedural Update from the Tenant Farming Commissioner

The Tenant Farming Commissioner provides further advice to tenant farmers completing the amnesty on improvements.

8 February, 2021

New mediation scheme encourages all to give it a try

In our latest blog, the Tenant Farming Commissioner, Bob McIntosh, discusses the benefits of his new mediation scheme in the hopes of making it a more accessible and affordable option for maintaining good landlord-tenant relationships.

4 February, 2021

Legislative proposals to address impact of Scotland’s concentration of land ownership

A discussion paper published today, Thursday 4 February, proposes three new legislative measures to modernise land ownership in Scotland.

29 January, 2021

Tackling Climate Change – A window of opportunity

In our latest blog, Chief Executive Hamish Trench discusses the importance of today’s Climate Emergency Summit – seventh in the series facilitated by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) – on the topic of land, and reflects on the transformational change needed in land use to tackle Scotland’s big challenges.

27 January, 2021

Easier access to mediation for farming disputes thanks to new scheme

A new scheme to promote mediation as an alternative to litigation, to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants in the agricultural sector, is launched today.

8 January, 2021

Advice from the TFC on Completing Amnesty Agreements

It is clear that, for a variety of reasons, a significant number of amnesty agreements were not finalised by 12 December 2020 and that, as a consequence, a significant number of formal amnesty notices were issued on behalf of tenants.

5 January, 2021

An important new opportunity for secure tenants Bob McIntosh

Bob McIntosh, Tenant Farming Commissioner, shares his thoughts on the Relinquishment and Assignation provisions introduced by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, which come into force early in 2021.