A HISTORIC decision on whether a north Skye community organisation gets the green light to purchase land at one of the island’s most popular landmarks, the Old Man of Storr, is looming. Staffin Community Trust (SCT) will find out within the next fortnight if its bid to buy roadside ground at the Storr, which is… Read more »
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‘Meet & Greet’ with the Scottish Land Commission
Scottish Land Commission are going on tour! They will be visiting 6 different communities in Scotland, starting in Oban on the 17th August. This is your opportunity to find out more about the new Scottish Land Commission, who they are and what they do. They would also like to hear from you and what… Read more »
Community Land Scotland has a new Chair
On the 27th July Community Land Scotland had the first full board meeting with our new Chair. Ian A. Hepburn who is a director of North West Mull Community Woodland Company and the Community Woodland Association was appointed as the new Chair at the board meeting on the 30th May 2017. Ian said “I’m… Read more »
10th anniversary of Galson Estate buyout
This month sees the 10th anniversary of the buyout of the Galson Estate on Lewis by the Galson Estate Trust (Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn). At 56,000 acres and containing 22 crofting townships, the buyout is one of Scotland’s largest. Three quarters of the population of the estate are members of the Trust and when they voted… Read more »
Dec 2016: Community Land Scotland has a new Chair
On Friday 16th December, Lorne MacLeod stood down as Chair of Community Land Scotland to take up a new role as one of Scotland’s six Land Commissioners. We wish Lorne the best of luck in this important new role and thank him for his contribution to Community Land Scotland and, in particular, the many unpaid… Read more »
Response to consultation on the Register of Controlling Interests in Land
Community Land Scotland has responded to the current Scottish Government consultation on the creation of the new `Register of Controlling Interests in Land’. This new register is required by the 2016 Land Reform (Scotland) Act and was a matter strongly argued for by CLS during the passage of the Bill through Parliament, in order to… Read more »
Community land oral history project kicks off
Applications are now open for volunteers who would like to participate in a project capturing the oral history of community land buyouts in Harris and Lewis. Community Land Scotland has received support from the Heritage Lottery Fund to capture people’s personal experiences of the buyouts on North Harris, Scalpay, West Harris and the Galson Estate…. Read more »
Galson Estate community plans bright future
The Galson Estate community is aiming high with an ambitious new vision. A bold strategic plan for the area was launched at the Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn 2016 Annual General Meeting last Friday. The Plan seeks to exploit some £8m of wind energy income across the community over the next 20 years. Feedback from the community… Read more »
Scotland’s largest land buyout potentially on cards
A new organisation, East Lochaber and Laggan Community Trust (ELLCT), has been set up with the aim of buying the Rio Tinto Alcan estate near Fort William. The estate which includes the Lochaber smelter, associated hydro assets and around 125,000 acres of land has been under review by Rio Tinto Alcan. The Trust isn’t aiming… Read more »
Cabinet Secretary welcomes launch of protocol for negotiated sales
Roseanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform gave the opening address at the Community Land Scotland Conference in Stornoway today. During her speech she welcomed the launch of the new Protocol for Negotiated Sales which will provide a road map for facilitating negotiated sales of land from willing private landowners to… Read more »
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