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Published by The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Stage 1 report on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
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Published: Wednesday 19 Mar 2025 (NZETS062025R05)
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Executive Summary
Conclusions and Recommendations
Membership changes
Introduction
Background to the Bill
Part 1
Part 2
Model lease for environmental purposes
Small landholdings
Agricultural holdings
Overview of the Bill
Part 1
Part 2
Parliamentary scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1
Part 1
Is Further Land Reform Needed and Will the Bill Meet the Government’s Aims?
Community Engagement Obligations
Approach to Community Engagement Obligations
Land Management Plans
Community Request to Lease Land
Thresholds
Reporting a breach
Penalties
Recommendations
Community Right to Buy: Registration of Interest
Off-market sales
Existing Right to Buy Provisions
Timescales
Thresholds
Recommendations
Lotting of Large Landholdings
Benefits of scale
Risk to Investment
Skills for Lotting
Process for making a lotting decision
Thresholds
Recommendations
Land and Communities Commissioner
Powers of the role
Financial implications
Clarity of relationship with the Scottish Land Commission
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Part 2
Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture
Disincentivising letting of land
Model Lease for Environmental Purposes
Small Landholdings
Delegated Powers Concerns
Agricultural Holdings
Tenant's Right to Buy
Should registration of interest be necessary?
The process of registering an interest
Scope of the regulation-making power
Resumption
Compensation methodology
Compensation for value other than agricultural value
Application to 2003 Act tenancies
Application to notices to quit
Process
Clarity on contractual resumption
Power to vary the factors regard is to be had to in valuation of resumed land
Compensation for Improvements
Diversification
Game Damage
Standard Claim Procedure
Rent Review
Inclusion of productive capacity
Related earnings capacity
Method of dispute resolution
Missing elements from the 1991 Act
Clarity of terms
Rules of Good Husbandry and Estate Management
Conclusions on general principles of the Bill
Executive Summary
Conclusions and Recommendations
Membership changes
Introduction
Background to the Bill
Overview of the Bill
Parliamentary scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1
Part 1
Is Further Land Reform Needed and Will the Bill Meet the Government’s Aims?
Community Engagement Obligations
Community Right to Buy: Registration of Interest
Lotting of Large Landholdings
Land and Communities Commissioner
Part 2
Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture
Disincentivising letting of land
Model Lease for Environmental Purposes
Small Landholdings
Agricultural Holdings
Conclusions on general principles of the Bill
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