Research and reports

Advice to Scottish Ministers on Options for Land Value Capture

This paper provides Scottish Ministers with initial advice based on recommendations from the Scottish Land Commission’s options for Land Value Uplift Capture.

Briefing note: Large scale and concentrated land ownership in Scotland

Short summary of the Investigation into the issues associated with Large Scale and Concentrated Land Ownership in Scotland and the Recommendations to Scottish Ministers.

The range, nature and applicability of funding models to support community land ownership

This report was commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission (SLC) to scope the range of funding models available to, and being used by, community landowning groups.

Understanding Land and Inequality

The role of land in contributing to sustainable and economic growth in Scotland.

Young People and their Local Urban Areas

Young Scot and Scottish Land Commission established a partnership to explore how young people understand, perceive and have a connection with their local urban areas. This partnership used a co-design approach to explore insights from a broad range of young people about land and buildings in cities and towns.

Land and Communities: Beyond the Echo Chambers

This report is the result of a collaboration between Scotland's Regeneration Forum (SURF) and the Scottish Land Commission (SLC) to consider the practical potential for realising the Scottish Government's vision of a strong and dynamic relationship between Scotland's land and its people. In particular, the Commission sought to engage SURF's experience and networks to explore assets and challenges; and varied partner perspectives in the interlinked complexity of the urban context.

Land Focus: Common Good Land

Scotland's Common Good Funds are worth hundreds of millions of pounds. The Scottish Government has asked the Land Commission to look at how greater benefit could be delivered for communities through the Common Good.

Delivering Greater Benefits from Common Good Land and Buildings

Common Good assets in Scotland have the potential to deliver much greater public benefit than they do currently, according to this research report written for the Scottish Land Commission by researchers at the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES).

Scale and Concentration: Investigation into the issues associated with scale and concentration of land ownership in Scotland

Evidence report following an investigation into the impacts of scale and concentration of land ownership in Scotland. The report follows a call for evidence by the Commission last year, for anyone with experience of living or working in parts of Scotland where most of the land is owned by a small number of people, to share their experiences.

Scale and Concentration: Report to Ministerson the Review of scale and concentration of land ownership

This report sets out the Commission�s conclusions and recommendations from our review into issues associated with scale and concentration of land ownership in Scotland.

Land Focus: Land Ownership by Trusts

The Scottish Government asked the Land Commission to look at ownership of land by charities and trusts and consider potential impacts on the public interest. This Land Focus paper aims to set out information about trust status in land ownership and some of the associated issues to consider.

Repeopling Emptied Places

Centenary reflections on the significance and the enduring legacy of the Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919