Blog: Understanding Urban Community Landownership
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
Learning from Local Place Plans
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
Blog: Transparency, Options to Develop Land and Community Empowerment: Time for Action
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
Research on Diverse Groups and Community Ownership
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
Call for Action on the Land Reform Bill 2023
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 Ownership Hub: Glasgow and Clyde Valley Year 2 Report
We are delighted to publish a report on our learning from the second year of this project 2022/23.
2022 Policy highlights – NPF4 and Land Reform Consultation
It is time for a (quick!) update on some of our policy work over 2022.
Including Diverse Groups in Community Land Buyouts
We have appointed consultant researchers to conduct research on Including Diverse Groups in Community Land Buyouts.
Members Report 2022
We have written up a summary of our work in our 2022 Members’ Report. We hope explains the scope of our work and inspires readers for future years!
Sharing Our Learning from Year 1
Sharing our learning is a key part of the project. We have produced this report to inform community groups, policy makers, other organisations and anyone else interested, how the work is progressing.
Report: Vision for more community-led housing in urban Scotland
“Urban Dwelling: a Vision for Urban Community-led Housing in Scotland” is the report published March 2022 by Community Land Scotland in partnership with South of Scotland Community Housing (SoSCH).
Diversity and Inclusion Community Engagement Top-Tips
We have been working with Govanhill Baths to co-produce a top-tips document on diverse and inclusive community engagement. This is now available!
Read our Winter ’21 Update!
An overview on what we’ve been up to Spring – Winter 2021.
Blog: Green Lairds and Urban Scotland
Scottish land markets are changing quickly due in part to global demand for low and zero carbon investments. Green Lairds are buying up large landholdings for “rewilding” and other carbon offset projects.
We’ve been busy! Read our Summer ’21 update
We had a busy few first months of our project! Read what we got up to Spring -Summer 2021.
Report: Leading role played by community landowners in tackling the Climate Emergency
Community landowners are punching above their weight in the fight to save the planet from climate change, according to a new study by Community Land Scotland.
Blog: “Community Ownership, Recovery and Empowerment” by Carnegie UK
Hub Manager Carey Doyle chaired a panel discussion on Community Ownership and Towns with Community Land Scotland, Greener Kirkcaldy, Power to Change, The Stove Network.
Blog: “Kick-starting Community Led Housing” by Tom Beale of Ecomotive, Bristol
Ahead of our planned launch of a Community Ownership Hub in Glasgow and Clyde Valley in 2021, Community Land Scotland has been looking into ways to support the expansion of community ownership in Scotland’s urban areas.
