Who Owns Scotlands 2024
Today I have published what I plan to be an annual analysis of who owns Scotland. The Who Owns Scotland 2024 report is based on an analysis of data from the Who Owns Scotland website as at 31 January 2025.
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Land Speculation at Camster Burn in Caithness
Scottish Land and Estates has argued in recent years that large-scale landholdings are best placed to deliver public policy objectives associated with woodland expansion, peatland restoration and other large scale projects. Scale can help of course but it is nonsense
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Is Gresham House the third largest landowner in Scotland?
Gresham House Ltd. a private limited company (No. 00000871) incorporated in 1857. It is an asset management company wholly owned by SeedBidCo Ltd, a company registered in Guernsey. The ultimate controlling part is Searchlight Capital Partners III SED, a limited
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What happened to Kildrummy Castle Gardens?
Guest blog by Regina Erich Perhaps some readers will know Kildrummy Castle Gardens in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. If so, they might remember it as a beautiful, friendly, peaceful haven tucked away in a ravine overlooked by the impressive ruins of Kildrummy
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Land Reform (Scotland) Bill – Landholdings in Scope
Today, I have published an analysis of the landholdings in Scotland above 1000ha and 3000ha that are in scope in relation to the provisions in Part I of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill introduced to Parliament by the SNP/Scottish Green
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French Government sells Scottish forests
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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Cashel Estate and the post-war Labour Government
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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I 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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Not Revealed – 239,000 ha of offshore ownership.
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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Land Reform (Scotland) Bill (2)
Following my first blog on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, I will be following up with others including having a look at transfers of land of over 1000 ha in extent over the past few years to assess how the
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