Join a site visit and meet-up on Thursday 7 March 2024 for community landowners and those soon to purchase land or buildings. This will be hosted by Barmulloch Community Development Company. Meet at Barmulloch Residents Centre at 10:30 for teas and coffees,
A blog sharing learning from our urban action research project Scotland has a long history of community landownership. We are celebrating 100 years since the first buyout in Stornoway town, and Knoydart will be reflecting on 25 years of landownership
Sharing community experiences Communities have a new right to produce their own land use plans called “Local Place Plans”. Kinning Park Complex and Wester Hailes Community Trust completed some of the first Local Place Plans in 2022. While there are guides on preparing a
Community Land Scotland were asked to write a blog for the Scottish Land Commission on their research into transparency and legal options to development land ‘Transparency of Options Agreements’ (Diffley Partnership 2023). Our blog is reproduced below, or you can read
We are hosting a site visit and meet-up on Wednesday 15 November 2023, for community landowners and those soon to purchase land or buildings. Join us to explore The Pyramid after it’s first round of renovations and meet other community
Intensive training available this Autumn Community landowners implement the needs, aspirations and energy of their communities, while also running financially successful organisations. This community-led approach is one of the main strengths of the community land model but it can also
We have commissioned Community Enterprise to carry out research on experiences of people from ethnic minority backgrounds in community ownership of buildings and land. Please complete the survey using the link below, and get in touch if you have any questions. Research
We have concerns that, as it stands, the Land Reform Bill will fail to deliver any of its proposed outcomes and will not match the ambitious language of party election manifestos. We set out the four core issues which need
Community Land Week returns this year in an expanded celebration that will run from the 13th to the 29th of October for the fifth Scotland-wide festival of community landowners.
We are delighted to publish a report on our learning from the second year of this project 2022/23.
We are planning training session for Autumn 2023. Let us know what you need!
Friday 19 May * 10:00 – 13:00
Monday 22 May * 13:00 – 16:00
Two events about Learning from Local Place Plans – hosted by communities who have completed Local Place Plans!
