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Written Question · S5W-00905 · Session 5

What community land has been bought with help from the Scottish Land Fund and how much has been spent by the fund since its introduction.

Answered Asked by Claudia Beamish Lab Lodged 20 Jun 2016

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what community land has been bought with help from the Scottish Land Fund and how much has been spent by the fund since its introduction.

The answer

Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 Jul 2016 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

Since 2012 the Scottish Land Fund has supported rural communities to bring 86,810 acres into community ownership, see the following table for details. In this time the fund has spent £10.6 million supporting these communities in their ambitions to own and manage land and land assets.
Group
Local authority
Summary of project
Colintraive and Glendaruel
Argyll and Bute
Forest
Coigach CDC
Highland
Smokehouse
Covesea
Moray
Lighthouse
Midlem Village Hall
Scottish Borders
Land
Mull of Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway
Lighthouse
Huntly Development Trust
Aberdeenshire
Smallholding
Lochmaben
Dumfries and Galloway
Loch and Cottage
North Harris Trust
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Scalpay Estate
South Islay Development
Argyll and Bute
Petrol Station
Pairc Trust
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Pairc Estate
Johnstonebridge
Dumfries and Galloway
4 Plots of Land
Aigas
Highland
Forest
Blairmore
Argyll and Bute
4 Areas of Land
Ecology Centre
Fife
Land
KCLA
Fife
Land
Kintyre Recycling
Argyll and Bute
Land
Kyle of Sutherland
Highland
Post Office/House
Mull and Iona Community Trust
Argyll and Bute
2 Plots of Land
West Glenmoriston
Highland
Former School
Upper Nithsdale Arts and Crafts Community Initiative Ltd
Dumfries and Galloway
Community Building
Carloway Estate Trust
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Estate
The Glendale Trust
Highland
Community building and house
Arran Community Land Initiative
North Ayrshire
Community food and environmental activities
Grimsay Community Association
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Community building and allotments
Kettins Parish Hall
Perthshire
Community recreational and environmental activities
Kirkton Woodland Heritage Group
Highland
Community woodland
Aigas Community Forest
Highland
Community woodland
Morvern Community Woodland
Highland
Community woodland
The Findhorn Village Conservation Company
Moray
Community housing, environmental and recreational activities
Kilfinnan Community Forest Company
Argyll and Bute
Community Forest
South West Mull and Iona Development Ltd.
Argyll and Bute
Community Forest

Culbokie Community Trust
Highland
Community square
Newburgh Community Trust
Fife
Reservoir
Birse Community Trust
Perthshire
Community Forest
Tiree Community Development Trust
Argyll and Bute

Community Shop
Tweedsmuir Community Company
Scottish Borders
Land and buildings for community hub and Inn.
Urras Sgire Oighreachd Bharabhais Community Company
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Estate buy-out

Beith Community Development Trust
North Ayrshire

Former school campus for workshop/offices and residential development
Glengarry Community Woodlands
Highland
Community Woodland
Kirknewton Community Development Trust
West Lothian

Land for affordable housing
Maryculter Woodland Trust
Aberdeenshire
Community woodland
Morvern Community Development Company
Highland

2 areas of land for affordable housing and community hub
Scourie Community Development Company
Highland

Greenfield Site
Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust
Highland

Land for community sports/recreational facilities
Newcastleton and District Community Trust
Scottish Borders
Community petrol station

Ballantrae Rural Initiative Care in the Community
South Ayrshire

House and garden to develop residential care home.
Tayport Community Trust
Fife

Former steel works to develop as community hub
Mull and Iona Community Trust
Argyll and Bute

Forestry area to develop for light industrial storage compounds
Gallan Head Community Trust
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Former MOD base
Glenurquhart Care Project
Highland
Land for sheltered housing
Keose Glebe Steering Group
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Estate buy-out
The new Scottish Land Fund was launched in April 2016 and now supports communities throughout Scotland to become more resilient and sustainable through community land ownership with acquisition and development support. The Sc

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-00905 by reference.