Community Ownership

Communities have many options to secure and develop land, but the full range of financing models is often not widely known, and there is more scope to develop innovative finance models to support community ownership, according to a new report. Scottish Land Commission chief executive Hamish Trench

Westbridgend Community Hall Development Association has submitted an application to West Dunbartonshire Council detailing how they would sustain a new centre at the site if they were the owners.

Community ownership should become a normal and realistic option for communities to acquire land and assets, according to recommendations in a new report published today. Prepared for ministers by the Scottish Land Commission, the report follows a review of existing community right to buy mechanisms

The Isle of Kerrera Development Trust has been awarded £119,167 from the Scottish Land Fund which will enable them to buy the island’s former school from Argyll and Bute Council and turn it into a much-needed community hub, as well as employ a part time project worker for a year. The Isle of Kerr

The Boathouse at Alva. Image: Scottish Land Commission As community groups across Scotland are opening up their doors showcasing what happens on community owned land in the first Community Land Week, Scottish Land Commissioner, Megan MacInnes looks at the importance of community land ownership and i

Amy Entwistle Following the transfer of the Island of Ulva to the North West Mull Community Woodland Company, Amy Entwistle looks at the right to force the sale of abandoned, neglected or detrimental land.

(from left) Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Tejero, Estates Manager (SCTS), John Robson (Trustee of Stonehaven Town Partnership) and James Douglas (Trustee of Stonehaven Town Partnership) The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has transferred the Stonehaven Sheriff Court building for a nominal sum a

Druidibeg. Image credit: SNH/Lorne Gill A proposal from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) for a South Uist community group to establish a new Nature Reserve within an active crofting estate has been approved by the Scottish Government.

A community hoping to stage a buyout of a small island has been awarded up to £4.4 million funding to help them make an offer.

A community group with ambitious plans to repopulate a Scottish island has become the latest organisation to benefit from right to buy powers. Scottish Ministers have given consent to The North West Mull Community Woodland Company to register its interest in purchasing the Isle of Ulva in the Inner

Maree Todd Nearly 500 community groups in Scotland own their own land as a result of new land reform policies, Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) figures have revealed.

A community group in Edinburgh is set to become the first organisation in an urban area to benefit from community right to buy powers. Scottish Ministers have given consent to Action Porty to proceed with the community right to buy of the former Portobello Old Parish Church and halls with a view to

Kevin Stewart MSP A new law which will make it easier for communities in Scotland to take over land or buildings that are currently in public ownership came into force yesterday.

Marco Biagi MSP Marco Biagi MSP joined the Community Ownership Support Service (COSS) yesterday in Livingston to launch their event series 'Asset Transfer: Communities at the Centre'.