Rights to Buy Rural Land
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 provides an opportunity for rural communities and crofting communities to buy land.
Under Community Right to Buy if a rural community is interested in buying land this depends on the landlord deciding to sell the land. The community can register an interest in the land, then if the land comes up for sale they have first choice to buy the land.
Under Crofting Community Right to Buy, crofting communities have the right to buy the croft land where they live and work and this is in effect a forced sale as it does not require a willing seller.