Land Reform Review Group Report Published

Posted on 30 May 2014

The Land Reform Review Group's final report was published on 23rd May 2014 with recommendations on how to make the best use of Scotland's land. These include the setting up of a working group to look at the strategy for achieving the Scottish Government target of getting one million acres of land into community ownership by 2020.

The independent Group was announced by the First Minister in 2012 and tasked with looking at Land Reform in Scotland with the remit to;

Enable more people in rural and urban Scotland to have a stake in the ownership, governance, management and use of land, which will lead to a greater diversity of land ownership, and ownership types, in Scotland

Assist with the acquisition and management of land (and also land assets) by communities, to make stronger, more resilient, and independent communities which have an even greater stake in their development

Generate, support, promote, and deliver new relationships between land, people, economy and environment in Scotland

The wide ranging 260 page report also contains 62 recommendations with a focus on the public interest and making the most of land use in Scotland.

You can download the report on the Scottish Government website.