Vision for the future
|
Possible
legislation and other action to achieve this
|
Provisional view
|
Final recommendation
|
| Private landowners in rural Scotland with
more local involvement, greater commitment and
accountability |
LO1 Encourage private owners to be
more locally accountable and to be available or have
accessible local representation |
Probably
yes |
Yes:
action without legislation |
| LO2 Introduce time for the
assessment of the public interest in strategic sales |
Probably
yes |
Yes:
early legislation |
| LO3 Make more explicit Government
support for use of compulsory purchase powers as a last
resort to acquire land where this will assist
implementation of local plans or other strategies |
Probably
yes |
Yes:
action without legislation |
| LO4 Regulate all (or major) land
sales |
Probably
not |
No:
too bureaucratic and costly |
| LO5 Abolish national non-domestic
rate relief on sporting land |
Maybe |
Further
study |
| LO6 Reduce or abolish national
non-domestic rate relief on agriculture and forestry |
Maybe
but not yet |
Further
study |
| LO7 Introduce land value taxation |
Maybe
but not yet |
Further
study |
| More scope for community ownership and
management of local land where this can be sustainable |
LO8 Provide advice and support
(including an enhanced Land Fund) for those considering
community ownership or management |
Probably
yes |
Yes:
action without legislation |
| LO9 Introduce community right to
buy at market value |
Probably
yes |
Yes:
early legislation |
| More
scope for releasing land for housing and local
development where this is sustainable and secures the
retention and if possible the expansion of fragile rural
communities |
LO10 Streamline compulsory purchase
powers to make acquisition of key sites as a last resort
more effective where this will assist implementation of
local plans or other strategies |
Probably
yes following review |
Further
study |
| More scope for smallholdings supporting a
wide range of land-based and other economic activity
where this is sustainable and secures the retention and
if possible the expansion of fragile rural communities |
LO11 Buy land on the open market
for transfer to smallholders |
Probably
yes |
Not
a priority in current agricultural circumstances |
| LO12 Introduce compulsory leasing
of land |
Probably
not |
No:
difficulties outweigh possible benefits |
| About the same level of ownership by public
bodies, but with more local involvement and
accountability and more employment of local people |
LO13 Issue guidance letters from
Ministers to public bodies to require community
involvement in management of all public land and to
maximise employment of local people |
Probably
yes |
Yes:
action without legislation |
| LO14 Encourage increased Crown
Estate accountability in Scotland |
Probably
yes |
Yes:
action without legislation |
| More
local involvement and accountability and more employment
of local people by non-Governmental organisations who own
land in rural Scotland |
LO15 Encourage non-Governmental
organisations to secure community involvement and
employment of local people |
Probably
yes |
Yes:
action without legislation |
Vision for the future
|
Possible
legislation and other action to achieve this
|
| Outdated
and unfair feudal arrangements swept away |
Scottish Law Commission will bring
forward proposals for feudal reform |
| Conditionality of land ownership where
appropriate to reflect modern circumstances |
Scottish Law Commission has brought
forward proposals for leasehold casualty reform |
| Scottish Law Commission will bring
forward proposals for reform of real burdens |
| A
more constructive approach to problem cases, including
those relating to the foreshore and the seabed |
Scottish Law Commission to be
invited to review and revise law of the foreshore and
seabed |
