Understanding what’s happening with Scotland’s land

4 August, 2020

Land and collective wellbeing: fertile soil

As part of the ‘Scotland’s Land & Economy’ series exploring the fundamental role of land in achieving Scotland’s post-pandemic recovery and renewal, Scottish Land Commission Chief Executive Hamish Trench and Dr Katherine Trebeck, Advocacy and Influencing lead at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll), explore the connections between land and an economic system that delivers human and environmental wellbeing.

22 July, 2020

A Response to ‘Putting land back into the economic model’

Deryck Irving, Director of Strategy and Development at the Central Scotland Green Network Trust*, explores the themes raised in a recent blog and examines how immediate action is possible to tackle the issue of vacant and derelict land.

14 July, 2020

New approach needed to deliver houses for rural Scotland

Scotland needs to look at new models of bringing land forward to deliver the much-needed rural housing, according to a new report published today.

14 July, 2020

Rural Housing

As we publish the next report in our Review of Land for Housing and Development, Scottish Land Commission Senior Policy Officer David Stewart discusses how the houses that rural Scotland needs can be delivered.

10 July, 2020

Putting land back into the economic model

The next blog in our ‘Scotland’s Land & Economy’ series, exploring the fundamental role of land in achieving Scotland’s post-pandemic recovery and renewal: Head of Policy at the Scottish Land Commission, Shona Glenn, looks at how we can make the economy work better by putting land back into the model.

9 July, 2020

The value of land is more than pounds and pence

Guidance published this week by the Scottish Land Commission places wellbeing as a central consideration when assessing the business case for developing vacant or derelict land.

30 June, 2020

Level Heads Key to Succeeding with Rent Talks

Few issues are more likely to cause tension between landlords and tenants of agricultural holdings than the periodic rent review.

25 June, 2020

Imaginative approaches needed for community buy out of Buccleuch's Langholm Moor

Andrew Thin, Chair of the Scottish Land Commission, has welcomed the Scottish Land Fund award to the Langholm Initiative towards the community purchase of Buccleuch Estates' Langholm Moor, and encourages negotiations to continue to explore all options for community control of the land.