Evidence and insights on Scotland’s land and its impact
The Scottish Land Commission’s work is grounded in evidence. Our research helps explain how land shapes Scotland’s economy, environment and communities and what can be done to make ownership and use fairer and more productive.
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Rural Land Market Data Report 2024
An analysis of farm, forestry and estate land transactions in Scotland in 2024.
Advice on Part 1 of the Land Reform Bill from the Scottish Land Commission
The Scottish Land Commission has proposed key changes to the Land Reform Bill, currently being considered by Parliament, so that it achieves the Scottish Government�s objectives to address the impacts of concentrated land ownership.
Summary of Rural Land Markets Insights Report 2024
A summary of the Rural Land Markets Insights Report 2024.
Natural Resource Governance: Case Studies
Case studies compiled by The Centre for Local Economic Strategies: Eleanor Radcliffe, Sean Benstead, Charlie Murphy, Joseph Tupling, Naomi Mason
Summary: Key findings from the 2024 review of vacant and derelict land
In October 2020 the Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce published a series of recommendations to support productive re-use of land. This followed two years of work analysing the challenge of vacant land.
Research Summary: Principles for Natural Resource Governance
Research by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) for the Commission looked at various governance models in Scotland and abroad, offering valuable lessons for land governance.
Land Lines: Benefits of and barriers to affordable tenanted croft housing
Housing built integral to the croft as a landlord�s improvement to it, on land under crofting tenure.
Rural Land Market Insights Report 2024
An overview of the rural land market in Scotland in 2023 exploring the main drivers in the market.
Rural Land Markets Insights Report 2023
An overview of the rural land market in Scotland in 2022 exploring the main drivers in the market.
Transparency of option agreement
The research aimed to help the Scottish Land Commission to understand how much or how little information is available on land optioned for housing development in Scotland.
Land Focus: Land Governance
Land reform discussions often revolve around the relative importance of land ownership versus land use, but in practice both of these aspects interact and are equally important.
Land Focus: Option Agreements and the Housing Market
This discussion paper explores our latest commissioned research to better understand the case for improved transparency of option agreements and inform the delivery of NPF4.
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