Scottish Community Land Network

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This site is for people interested in the management and ownership of land-based assets by communities in Scotland. A Scottish Community Land Network, you might say... As you know the internet is a big 'place' with everything about anything so we aim to bring you relevant news and events, and provide opportunities to share ideas with other people interested in this subject. So far there are over 800 members, and more than 500 articles in our archive.

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Tenure & Ownership

Who owns Scotland?

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Details: Tuesday, 13 January 2009 15:33 Tamsin Morris Hits: 848

The Scotsman newspaper started 2009 with a series of articles on the current state of land ownership in Scotland. The articles profiled the organisations and individuals owning the 20 biggest areas of land in Scotland, with the Forestry Commission coming in as the largest landowner with a holding of just under 664,000 hectares.
Despite much trumpeting of community buy-outs in paper's introductory article, only one community based organisation makes it into the top twenty landowners list - Stòras Uibhist. The remainder of the list includes individuals like the Countess of Sutherland and Donald Angus Cameron and organisations such as the RSPB and the National Trust for Scotland. Stòras Uibhist manages most of the islands of Benbecula, Eriskay and South Uist, with a total landholding of approximately 37,651 hectares. According to the statistics used by The Scotsman, about 1% of Scotland's land area has been transferred to local communities. You can find the introductory article for the series here.