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  • ERAD Business Plan 2005-06
  • Forestry Commission
  • iomart aig an oir / initiative at the edge
  • Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
  • Crofters Commission
  • Highlands and Islands Enterprise
  • defra
  • Agriculture Area Offices

Land Reform

Stile and gate accessThe Land Reform Agenda in Scotland, deriving from the Land Reform Policy Group recommendations in 1999, created a framework for significant change with a major cross-cutting programme of land reform legislation and associated reform and modernisation.

This has transformed Scottish legal ownership and land management giving far greater powers to communities and individuals and a greater say in how land is used and managed.

Land Reform

Land Reform Agenda

Information and background to Land Reform in Scoland

Right to Buy

Rural communities can register an interest in, and then buy, land following indication that a landowner wishes to sell.

Public Access

Outdoor code explaining rights of responsible access to land and inland water.

Crofting Community Right to Buy

Crofting communities have the right to acquire and control the croft land where they live and work.

Page updated: Tuesday, September 9, 2008