Community Land Scotland
Community Land Scotland is the representative body for Scotland’s community landowners — a movement of people taking control of land, buildings and assets to shape their own futures. We were established to provide a collective voice for community landowners in Scotland.
We have 140 member organisations across Scotland, ranging from community landowners of major crofting estates in the Western Isles to inner city community hubs in diverse communities.
Our vision is for the community ownership of land and buildings to be a significant driver of sustainable development across the whole of Scotland.
Our Story
Community Land Scotland was founded in 2010 by a group of pioneering community landowners who recognised the need for a collective voice for the movement. Since then, we’ve grown alongside the communities we represent — from the early buyouts on the west coast to new forms of ownership emerging in towns, cities and islands across Scotland.
Today, community ownership is transforming local economies, tackling depopulation, restoring nature, and empowering people to shape the places they call home.
Our Values
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Resilience
We Believe
- We believe that we cannot create a more socially just Scotland without addressing the issue of concentrated land ownership.
- Supporting the growth of community land ownership is part of developing a more diverse land ownership pattern
- We believe that communities should have the opportunity to lead development in their areas and an important way of achieving this is the democratic ownership of local land and assets.
- We believe that communities should benefit more from the natural resources in their areas which can be achieved through the democratic ownership of local natural assets.