News and updates
Stay up to date with the latest news, analysis and insight from the Scottish Land Commission. This feed brings together our announcements, research highlights and guest blogs that explore Scotland’s evolving land issues from different perspectives.
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7 October, 2019
New land matching service to help new entrants into farming
In this blog, Tenant Farming Commissioner Bob McIntosh looks at the newly-introduced Land Matching Service.
2 October, 2019
Land reform unlocks opportunity as Scotland tackles climate emergency
Land reform can unlock opportunities to create resilient and empowered communities, improve productivity and reduce inequality, a national conference will hear today (Wednesday, 2 October).
25 September, 2019
Making urban spaces work for everyone
Cities and towns benefit greatly when derelict and vacant land is brought back in to use, but genuine community engagement must work across all social groups to deliver improvements where they matter most, according to research by the Scottish Land Commission.
18 September, 2019
Can Common Good assets deliver greater public benefit?
In this blog, Policy Officer James MacKessack-Leitch looks at the role Common Good Land has in Scotland today and how it can deliver land reform objectives.
13 September, 2019
The future of Common Good assets in Scotland
Common Good assets in Scotland have the potential to deliver much greater public benefit than they do currently, according to work published by the Scottish Land Commission today Wednesday, 18 September 2019.
26 August, 2019
Agricultural tenants encouraged to consider succession planning
Succession planning is important in any business and no less so for farming businesses, especially where a tenant wishes to pass on the tenancy to another person, normally someone in their extended family.
26 August, 2019
TFC blog: Succession planning
Succession planning is important in any business and no less so for farming businesses, especially where a tenant wishes to pass on the tenancy to another person, normally someone in the tenant’s extended family.
21 August, 2019
Time for action on making use of our land
Chief Executive Hamish Trench talks about the recent work done by the Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce.
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