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“I’m deeply dismayed that this issue has been re-opened again. I can understand that there are always going to be some people who object to large-scale landownership but we felt that that was dealt with at the time of the
Continue readingImage: Map of Applecross Estate Proposal 6 in the Scottish Government’s consultation paper on land reform (see link here) is to introduce a statutory duty of community engagement on charitable bodies that own land. There are four main types of charitable
Continue readingIn 2001,the 10,000 acre Cluny Estate, near Laggan in Inverness-shire was bought by Mr Alain Angelil for £3.6 million. He put it on the market on 12 August 2013 (media release & sales brochure 10.4Mb pdf). Earlier this month, the estate was
Continue readingThe land illustrated above (Midmar Paddock on the eastern slopes of Blackford Hill, Edinburgh) is currently for sale via Strutt & Parker (sales brochure here – 925kb pdf). The reason for publishing this blog is to ask “who owns this land?
Continue readingThe Evening News has an exclusive story today by John-Paul Holden that the National Galleries of Scotland is planning to expand into East Princes Street Gardens as part of a £15 million plan to create a “world class” home for
Continue readingThe Scottish Government has today published the Final Report of its Review of Agricultural Holdings Legislation.
Continue readingYesterday the Daily Telegraph published an article (pdf here online here) based on an interview with David Johnstone, the Chair of Scottish Land and Estates (SLE). Mr Johnstone has been a frequent contributor to the media arguing the case on
Continue readingIn this article, entitled Hjorteviltforvaltning i Norge (Deer management in Norway), Dr. Duncan Halley and Dr. Erling Solberg of the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research describe the framework for deer management and wildlife management in Norway. Dr. Duncan Halley was born
Continue readingThe following Media Release was issued by the Scottish Land Revenue Group today The £60bn Route to Scotland’s Economic Independence Devolution of new financial powers to Holyrood could lay the foundations for an independent Scottish economy within the UK, according
Continue readingA briefing by Andy Wightman on the Scottish Government’s proposals for a Land Reform Bill has been published. It is available from the Land Reform 2014-16 page on this website (menu item Hot Topics/Land Reform 2014-16). Further briefings and blogs
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