Written Question · S3W-33020 · Session 3
Following the commitment given on page 1 of the Land Reform Action Plan of August 2003, whether it will publish a report on the diversity o…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, following the commitment given on page 1 of the Land Reform Action Plan of August 2003, whether it will publish a report on the diversity of land ownership in Scotland and what it is doing to address the concentrated pattern of private land ownership.
The answer
The Scottish Government has no current plans to publish such a report. We believe that it is still too early to be able to assess fully what the recent package of land reform legislation has achieved for people in rural areas and to report objectively on the diversity of land ownership and the community ownership of land, as was suggested in 2003.
Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, which allows rural communities in Scotland the opportunity to register a pre-emptive right to buy land, provides a mechanism to address patterns of private land ownership.
We continue to monitor the practical operation of the Community Right to Buy provisions and will publish a report once these have generated sufficient evidence of the impact of land transfer.
Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, which allows rural communities in Scotland the opportunity to register a pre-emptive right to buy land, provides a mechanism to address patterns of private land ownership.
We continue to monitor the practical operation of the Community Right to Buy provisions and will publish a report once these have generated sufficient evidence of the impact of land transfer.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-33020 by reference.