US EditionMSPs pass land reform which could force break up of huge estates
The bill passed with 85 MSPs supporting reforms to reduce land concentration, increase community buyouts, and create a land commissioner to oversee local engagement.
- The Scottish Parliament passed a land reform bill that could force the break-up of large estates and increase opportunities for community land buyouts.
- The legislation compels owners of large landholdings to notify the government if they want to sell and to publish land management plans, with potential fines for non-compliance.
- Critics argued that the bill could infringe on property rights and that the definition of a large landholding was ambiguous, potentially making the law unworkable.
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The SNP’s useless land revolution
Few would argue that Scotland’s present pattern of land tenure is ideal. Around half of private land is owned by fewer than 500 individuals, corporates or pension funds. The vast estates date from two centuries ago when landlords, often clan chiefs, expelled the Scottish peasantry from their villages in the interests of ‘improvement’ – mainly
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The Scotsman‘Watershed moment’ as Holyrood backs new Land Reform Bill
However, the body that represents Scotland’s countryside estates branded it a “junk law”,
Ayr MSP Siobhian Brown backs new Land Reform change in Parliament
Local SNP MSP Siobhian Brown has backed the Scottish Government’s recent Land Reform Bill, which has passed its final stage in Parliament, giving more power over decisions on land back to local communities, including here in South Ayrshire.The Bill, dubbed the most radical land reform legislation in the history of devolution, includes a range of measures to improve decisions on land including: · Giving Scottish Ministers new lotting powers…
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