Community Right to Buy has not been functioning as it should for a number of years.
Community Rights to Buy will only be effective when there is a clear policy intention from Scottish Government that they are pursuing further community ownership and diversified landownership more generally. This will require meaningful land reform legislation alongside simplified and robust CRtB measures which sees a significant number of successful applications resulting in community ownership to provide the courts with evidence of the Scottish Government and Parliament’s intentions.
One potential outcome could be to make the avenues for landowners to challenge applications on minor/spurious complaints should be minimised by making compliance for community bodies more straightforward.