Practical resources to support land ownership, use, and management
Our toolkits and guides give landowners, managers, professionals, communities and public bodies the practical support they need to make good decisions about land. This page brings together all of our resources in one place, making it easy to find and apply the guidance that’s relevant to you.
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Guidance on sharing information about land ownership and management
This guide provides information on how to create and share a summary of information about land ownership and management to help communities understand key information about your landholding(s), including buildings.
FAQs on Delivering social and economic community benefit from land
FAQ's on the publication Delivering social and economic community benefit from Land
Good Practice Programme evaluation report
An evaluation of the Good Practice Programme carried out in 2022.
FAQs on Responsible natural capital and carbon management protocol
FAQs on Responsible natural capital and carbon management protocol.
Community Wealth Building: Useful references and resources
These references and resources provide helpful information, guidance and advice on a range of issues relating to community wealth building and land rights and responsibilities, and to the actions set out in the Commission�s Community Wealth Building and Land guidance.
Community Wealth Building and land guidance
Our guidance on community wealth building sets out practical actions that public bodies can take to use and manage land productively and in the public interest.
Protocol: Common Good land
A Protocol - Common Good Land
Information about communities: A guide for landowners
This guide is designed to support landowners and managers who are looking for information about their local community and organisations that support communities.
Information about land: A guide for communities
This guide is designed to support communities and individuals who are looking for information about land in Scotland.
Good Stewardship of Land - Supporting Information
This guide supports our Protocol on Good Stewardship of Land, which sets out our expectations for the good stewardship of land management across Scotland.
Protocol: Diversification of ownership and tenure
The purpose of this protocol is to set out how landowners can help achieve a more diverse pattern of land ownership and tenure. This protocol applies to all landowners in Scotland.
FAQs on diversification of ownership and negotiating transfer of land to communities protocols
FAQs on diversification of ownership and negotiating transfer of land to communities protocols.
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