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Community Right to Buy Regulations

Posted on May 12, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

The Community Right to Buy provisions contained in Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, came into force on 14 June 2004. If a community wishes to register an interest in land they can apply to Scottish Ministers

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Agricultural Tenant Registrations Reach 1000

Posted on January 30, 2009December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

On Tuesday 27 January, the number of registrations [Note this register is currently unavailable online – Nov 2023] by agricultural tenants under the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 reached 1000. This is a very signifcant milestone as it means that there are 1000

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Farming, Land Reform
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The Right Future for the King’s Park

Posted on November 19, 2008December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Stirling Council seem intent on pursuing a costly proposal to transfer ownership of Crown land in the King’s Park and around Stirling Castle to a public trust at a cost of £600,000. Following the transfer of 26 other historic properties to the Secretary

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King’s Park, Stirling

Posted on October 13, 2008December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

There’s a bit of a rumpus in Stirling over plans by the Crown Estate Commission to sell the King’s Park to a (yet to be established) public trust for £600,000 (see the Herald story today). The King’s Park is an

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Moscow to Edinburgh Cycle

Posted on June 28, 2008December 2, 2023 by Andy Wightman

We (Cathy, daughther Isla and myself) are now back from Ethiopia and on Monday 30 June heading by train and boat via Paris, Berlin and Helsinki to Moscow from where we are cycling back to Edinburgh (we actually start in

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My new blog

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Andy Wightman

Greetings, Due to problems with accessing my blog from Ethiopia I have installed new software – WordPress – which I shall be using for my Blog. Note that comments in the Who Owns Scotland and the Ordnance Survey story have

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Introduction
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Who Owns Scotland and the Ordnance Survey

Posted on February 23, 2007November 30, 2023 by Andy Wightman

In 2002 I launched a site called whoownsscotland which was designed to document the ownership of land in Scotland. Progress has been slow because it is substantially a voluntary effort though I have had great support form folk in meeting

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Freedom of Information, Maps, Who Owns Scotland
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Common Good 1

Posted on January 29, 2006November 30, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Recent work on common good land is reported here [broken link 2023]. This is a major new area of work and one that is very rewarding as people begin to rediscover assets that belong to them that have been forgotten

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Common Good

Land Reform in England & Wales 2

Posted on October 14, 2005November 30, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Things are happening south of the border. Following the election, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Home Office have set up a Working Group to develop proposals for a community right to buy in England and Wales.

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Land Reform in England & Wales 1

Posted on April 13, 2005November 27, 2023 by Andy Wightman

Good news in the Labour Election Manifesto published today – the first signs of a land reform agenda for England and Wales! In Chapter 9 pages 103 – 105 of the Manifesto the Labour Party write the following: – Building

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