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Community Land Scotland
Alternative Published Date
2023
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Scotland’s experience of land reform is often described as a journey, if that is the case then our journey is stalling and all but ground to a halt.
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Since 2017 none of the necessary ‘late’ applications that allow communities to respond to unexpected sales have been approved. The legislation is failing communities in Scotland’s most resource deprived areas, where dealing with onerous legislation and bureaucratic systems can be even more challenging.
Welcome increases planned for the Land Fund annually don’t begin to keep pace with market forces. Bold, robust legislation and regulation can ask important public interest questions to impact the speculative buying up of Scotland.
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