Significant landholdings and the criteria for a Public Interest Test and Land Management Plans

Primary Author or Creator:
Community Land Scotland
Publisher:
Community Land Scotland
Alternative Published Date
2024
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Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)
3pp
Fast Facts

The focus on ‘large landholdings’ within the Land Reform Bill will severely restrict the ability of the legislation to impact the scale and concentration of existing ownership

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CLS would welcome the Net Zero Committee: • scrutinising the removal of urban Scotland from the Bill and focus on a limited criterion of ‘large landholdings’ • recommending in their Stage 1 Report that Sites of Community Significance, aligned thresholds of 500ha and the removal of contiguous landholdings be included through amendment.

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