Five years ago Scotland extended the Community Right to Buy to urban areas, and extended the funding from the Scottish Land Fund to community bodies in cities and towns.
Community Ownership
A piece of vacant land in Maryhill – Collina St – has been put up for sale by Glasgow city council “exclusively for private ownership”. Consultation was held with the community thirteen years ago, before Covid-19, austerity and the climate emergency, and the community want the right to be consulted on how the land is used.
Community still fighting for right to consultation on Maryhill vacant land
A New report from Community Land Scotland has shown that over 1/3 of the Highlands and Islands has been in the hands of people that benefitted from slavery.
Slavery-derived Wealth in the Highlands and Islands
The Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce has put forward recommendations to the Scottish Government to tackle derelict land, and reuse land to become part of the solution for climate change, wellbeing and the economy.
Derelict Land Could be Scotland’s Answer to Post-Pandemic Recovery
After an unsuccessful bid to buyout two buildings on Dumfries high street last year, Midsteeple Quarter, a community benefit society, have now purchased the two buildings with the help of South of Scotland Enterprises.
Community Attempts to Bring Life Back to Dumfries Town Centre
There was a fantastic piece of journalism on Channel 4 News last night, as Alex Thomson visited the town of Langholm in Dumfries & Galloway to see the land which the community is trying to get back from the Duke of Buccleuch. I say “get back” because part of the area the community is trying to […]
Langholm, stolen common land, and the Duke
Last week Community Land Scotland held an event bringing together community organisations to talk about community ownership. We spoke to a couple of the many inspirational organisations in attendance, as well as learning more about the provision of a new South of Scotland Enterprise Agency.