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Scotland’s pattern of private rural landownership is becoming more concentrated as first revealed in my preliminary analysis of who owns Scotland published in March. A final 2024 report on the topic will be published next month in November. As discussed
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I am pleased to publish this guest blog by Dr Fraser Sugden, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography in the University of Birmingham’s School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. In it, Dr Sugden examines Scotland’s land reform journey in light
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The excellent Parkswatch blog has published a piece today on the sale of the 1242ha Cashel Estate on the east shore of Loch Lomond in the heart of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. In 1946, the new Labour
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BACKGROUND Ten years ago today, the Land Reform Review Group (LRRG) published its Final Report. In July 2012, Scottish Ministers appointed the LRRG with the following remit:- “The relationship between the land and the people of Scotland is fundamental to
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I have submitted my response to the call for evidence on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. You can do so to on the Committee’s webpage here. The Committee invites you to submit your response via the Parliament’s online form but
Continue readingI like listening to the growing number of podcasts covering a wide range of topics. A particular favourite at the moment is the remarkable story of the diary that was at the centre of the controversy over the sinking of
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This is the fifth in a series of blogs analysing the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill 2024. In this blog I want to continue analysing the potential impact of the intervention powers (Sections 2 and 4) in the Bill by looking
Continue readingI was invited to discuss rural domestic heating solutions on BBC Radio Scotland Good Morning Scotland this morning alongside Donna Smith from the Scottish Crofting Federation. You can hear the interview below.
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This is the fourth in a series of blogs analysing the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill 2024. In this blog I want to continue analysing the potential impact of the intervention powers (Sections 2 and 4) in the Bill by looking
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As part of the efforts of Governments across the UK, the Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land (RCI) was established in Scotland as part of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 and implemented by The Land Reform
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