Community Land Scotland

Feral pigs, otherwise referred to as wild boar, pictured in Germany. Scotland is seeing increasing numbers of feral pigs similar to the ones pictured (pic: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

First wild boar cull on Highland estate after 'significant rise'

Invergeldie Estate, Scotland

Communities under pressure on Oxygen Conservation's Scottish estates

Gaick Estate, owned by Anders Holch Povlsen, forms part of the Danish billionaire’s growing landholding.

Scotland 'going backwards' on private land ownership, report warns

Loch Beannacharain, Scardroy, Strathconon, at sunrise. The loch sits on land owned by Sofie Kirk Kristiansen, the heiress to the Lego fortune who is now one of Scotland's largest landowners following a recent expansion of her property portfolio. PIC: Getty.

Rise of the 'mega-laird' is bad news for communities in their shadows Dr Josh Doble

Views over Loch Oich near Invergarry

Exclusive Bizarre application surge fuels concern over plans for dramatic glen

Griffin Forestry Estate near Aberfeldy in Perthshire recently purchased by a subsidiary of Gresham House Ltd, a London-based asset management company now owned by a private equity firm headquartered in New York.

Scots bank under fire for investment in 'second largest landowner'

Newton Parish Church in Danderhall, Midlothian.

Community set on buying 'Burke and Hare' kirk 'disgusted' by sale

Griffin Forestry Estate near Aberfeldy in Perthshire. PIC: Savills.

Scottish forest sold for £145m to investors in 'astronomical' sale

A view of the Sleat Peninsula on Skye, part of which will be sold off after the trust which owns historic Clan Donald assets run into financial difficulty. Armadale Castle and the Clan Donald Centre will go up for sale in the summer with 22,000 acres of the South Sleat Estate on the market now for £6.7m.

Exclusive 'Betrayal, tragedy and sadness' as clan castle and land sold off

The Old High Church in Inverness, ancient in site and stone, is on the market for offers over £150,000.

Complaints made about church sales as locals overlooked for higher bid

The Cruach Mhor windfarm on the Cowal Peninsula.

Community loses bid to take windfarm from energy giant - but fights on

Glencanisp Lodge near Lochinver sits on the track leading to Suilven Mountain. The property will soon re-open as a boutique hotel.

Highland community brings boutique hotel to NC500 beauty spot

Highlands Rewilding founder Jeremy Leggett said his hopes of replicating the Nature and Community In Perpetuity model on one of the company’s estates hasn’t worked.

'Uncertainty' for Highland estates following 'impossible' funding bid'

Far Ralia in the Caringorms is being sold for £12m after three years in the hands of a fund run by global investor fund abrdn. PIC: abrdn.

Highland estate seeks £12m buyer as owner says 'mistakes' made

The camp will sit around 2.5miles south of Fort Augustus (pictured) in Glen Mor.

Massive workers' camp set for Highland glen

The commission's conference is set to bring together the leaders of the land reform debate.

Packed event to focus on leadership in land reform

Peats by Lewis-based Virginia Hutcheson reflects the story of Land.

New Scottish tour for land reform artwork

Glen Dye in Aberdeenshire, which will become home to the country's largest carbon-offsetting scheme

Land Reform: How ‘lotting’ can benefit Scotland's rural communities

Oral history expert Carol Stobie is going on tour around Scotland in a bright-yellow campervan, recording the experiences of community land buyouts

Making tracks: Campervan tour to record Scotland's community land stories

As lairds salivate over £127m of public money, radical land reform is stymied Brian Wilson

The Scottish Government's Land Reform Bill is set to be introduced in early 2024. Picture: Katharine Hay/The Scotsman

Reform of 'archaic' land ownership crucial to economic future, new report claims

Scottish Land Reform Bill delayed after 'sheer number of consultation responses

Danish clothing tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen is now Scotland’s single largest private landowner after buying up a vast swathe of land covering around 90,000 hectares across 13 estates in Sutherland and the Cairngorms, including Glen Feshie (above), with plans for nature restoration and rewilding on a grand scale

Is dash to buy land to fix climate crisis harming local communities?

Can Scotland's new Land Reform Bill achieve what it is setting out to do? Josh Doble

Exclusive Why rural Scots must get a fair share of the green revolution

Rewilding could see the reintroduction of more apex predators beyond animals like sea eagles (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Local people must not be excluded by wealthy landowners intent on ‘rewilding’

The 300th anniversary of the birth of Flora MacDonald , who famously aided the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie following his defeat at Culloden, will be celebrated on South Uist this year. PIC: Creative Commons.

300th anniversary of birth of Jacobite heroine celebrated in Outer Hebrides

Tha airgead mor ri fhaighinn airson obair mar a’ mhòinteach ath-nuadhachadh.

Tha dùsgadh nas motha a dhìth air cuspair mòr an fhearainn

Scotland's Flow Country - home to globally important peatlands stretching across a vast swath of land in Caithness and Sutherland -- contains around five per cent of the world's entire blanket bog habitat. Picture: Rebekka Artz/James Hutton Institute

Land values could 'rise sevenfold' as wealthy investors chase lucrative schemes

Tha luchd an airgid airson brath a ghabhail air an taic a tha ri faighinn ann an Alba airson a dhol 'uaine'

Tha margaidh an fhearainn air a dhol a-mach à rian

The Kinrara Estate

Insight: Scotland's great Net Zero land grab

The sprawling estate, which is more than 13,000 acres in size, occupies a prime position on the Knoydart peninsula. Picture: Dunton Destinations

One of Scotland's 'last great wildernesses' bought by billionaire industrialist

Portree on the Isle of Skye is seeking to become a stronghold for Gaelic speaking with pubs, restaurants and hotels to be at the forefront of work to normalise day-to-day use of the language. RFP PHOTOGRAPHY/CC/Flickr

Skye seeks to become 'stronghold' of Gaelic

Beldorney Estate near Huntly will be the first piece of land owned by the new company, which is being set up by climate change pioneer Jeremy Leggett.

'Insane inequalities' in land ownership tackled with £10 shares in rewilding

A packed carpark this summer in Elgol, Skye. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images

The detrimental impact short-term lets are having on Scotland - Dani Garavelli

Martin Avila joins the organisation from his current position as director at the Kinning Park Complex and is due to take up his new position in early August.

Community Enterprise in Scotland names new boss amid 'changing times'

Land in the North and West Highlands and Islands worth more than £100m at today's values was bought with wealth derived from slavery, new research has found. (Picture: Creative Commons_

Slavery's legacy still blights land ownership in Highlands today – Brian Wilson

Land in the North and West Highlands and Islands worth more than £100m at today's values was bought with wealth derived from slavery, new research has found. PIC: Creative Commons.

The £100m of slavery wealth that bought up the Highlands and Islands

Duncan Thorp, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Social Enterprise Scotland

Covid poses challenges for community ownership - Duncan Thorp

Alastair Collin, Senior Associate, Turcan Connell

Countryside communities have a vital role to play in recovery from economic down...

Saint Andrews Leckie Parish Church, Peebles

Scottish Borders communities must embrace 'land activism' to reclaim area, says ...

Benny Higgins, Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Benny Higgins: ‘Selling land to reduce overall footprint not new’
The Buccleuch family have had, for generations, a close relationship with the communities and the landscape of the Borders and Dumfries & Galloway.

Many parts of the Highlands offer far more accommodation to tourists than they do to their own population. Picture: contributed

Lesley Riddoch: Scotland’s rural housing is in crisis

The island of Ulva has undergone a successful community buyout. Picture: Roger Cox

Conference to ask what Scotland can learn from community land ownership

Thirlestane Castle at Lauder. Picture: Southern Reporter

Scottish estate owners warn against reversing Highland Clearances

A ruined croft from a cleared area on the Isle of Lewis.

Call to repopulate land affected by Highland Clearances

Drumrunie estate in Sutherland and Wester Ross was sold to the Assynt Foundation group. Alan Gordon/Scottish Viewpoint/REX/Shutterstock

Reform of land ownership laws '˜must speed up'

Gigha, a small island off the west coast of Kintyre, has been community owned since 2002. Picture: Robert Perry

How much land in Scotland is community owned?

Landowners and local authorities to be encouraged to lower barriers. Picture: Gareth Easton

Plans for 1 million acres of community land unveiled

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Land ownership

Landowner Derek Lewis in front of Drimnin Chapel, which his estate helped restore. Picture: Stuart Nicol

Charter hopes to end scourge of absentee landowners

Political moves and changes are the biggest concern of Scotland's landowners, according to a new survey. Picture: TSPL

Scottish landowners express fears on right-to-buy

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Land disputes

Brian Wilson: Let’s hand the land to the people

Brian Wilson: Let’s hand the land to the people

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CLS bid for coast control

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