Scottish Government

ISSN 2045 6964
ISBN 978 1 78045 867 0 (web only publication)
DPPAS 13062

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Contents

Executive Summary

1. Background

2. Access Rights

3. Community Right to Buy

4. Crofting Community Right to Buy

5. Scottish Land Fund

6. Growing Community Assets

7. Discussion of the Key Issues

References

Annex

Table 1 Applications to register a community interest in land, number of approvals of these applications and approvals for CRtB applications by calendar year, 2004 to 1 May 2012

Table 2 Applications to register a community interest in land submitted between June 2004 and 1 May 2012

Table 3 Areas of land purchased by each community group who were successful in purchasing land

Table 4 Rights to Buy that are currently proceeding

Table 5 Details of the communities that have received Ministerial approval for their Right to Buy but have so far failed to make a purchase (as of 1 May 2012)

Table 6 Reasons given for Ministerial rejection of applications to register a community interest in land

Table 7 Community Bodies that withdrew their applications (as of 1 May 2012)

Table 8 Community Bodies that have Right to Buy application rejected / extinguished at the Right to Buy stage (as of 1 May 2012)

Table 9 Time between community bodies receiving their Section 34(4) letter and applying to register a community interest in land

Table 10 Types of projects proposed by community bodies in their applications to register a community interest in land

Table 11 Proposed uses of land by community bodies registering a community interest in land

Table 12 Outcomes of the CRtB ballots undertaken between January 2005 and 1 May 2012

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and do not necessarily represent those of the Scottish Government or Scottish Ministers.