Today the Scottish Land Commission publishes its ScotLand Futures roadmap, setting out practical steps to reform how land is owned and used.
Three priorities:
🌱 Open up land opportunities
⚖️ Rebalance ownership power
🏘️ Put communities at the heart of decisions
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TFC – Island Visits
Rob Black & Peter McDougall will be on Bute this evening and on Islay on 18–19 Feb, attending STFA meetings.
They’re keen to meet tenant farmers and landlords informally during the day to hear about experiences of tenancy and the sector more widely.
tfc@landcommission.gov.scot
How do you value land – and why does it matter for reform?
In our latest guest blog, Dr Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins unpacks why land valuation is harder than it looks, drawing on recent discussions in Wales and reflecting on what this means for tax and land reform across the UK.
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Recommended read: In addition to land use shaping the climate, climate change is now increasingly “changing the land”, according to satellite monitoring by @worldresources.bsky.social, creating a “dangerous feedback loop”.
17.01.2026 11:32 — 👍 35 🔁 18 💬 2 📌 1A last blog for the year - some land reform reflections as 2025 draws to a close: www.landcommission.gov.scot/news-events/...
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Voices from Scotland, part of our ScotLand Futures initiative, brings together perspectives from across the country on the outcomes land reform should deliver for people, nature and the economy.
Thank you to everyone who contributed.
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Our Rural Land Market Data Report 2025 is out this week.
In a new blog, Research Officer Julie Rostan explains what the latest data tells us, and why hidden sale prices could be masking the true scale of Scotland’s rural land market.
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New Rural Land Market Data Report 2025 shows Scotland’s rural land market continued to cooled in 2024:
🌲 Forestry prices down to £10,054/ha - a drop of 34% from 2023
🏘️ Only 6 large-scale estate sales - a 5 year low
🚜Farmland prices rose slightly to an average of £16,502/ha
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Today's ScotLand Futures publications capture views from a wide mix of people across Scotland and show a strong appetite for further changes in how land is owned and used.
In the new year we'll be sharing the Commission's own thinking on the next big steps in Scotland's land reform journey.
📌 Scotland takes important step towards fairer use and ownership of land
Scottish Land Commission statement on the passing of the Land Reform Bill
New research with WPI Economics shows Scotland could learn from global best practice to build a fairer, greener land tax system.
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In Part 3 of our ScotLand Futures blog series, four new contributors share their insights on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Scotland’s land reform journey, from national policy gaps to community empowerment, private land stewardship, & the power of partnership.
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📍 We’ve been to Wick and Dumfries, and now we’re heading to Stornoway.
Join our Chair, Chief Exec and Commissioners for a public meeting to talk about the land issues that matter most to your community.
📅 7pm, Wednesday 8 October
📍 The Bayhead Bridge Centre, HS1 2EB
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The Highlands Reimagined podcast asks what it takes for young people to stay & thrive in Mackay Country.
In the final episode, Commissioner Lucy Beattie reflects on land reform, community power, and how a more transparent, diverse system of land ownership can open up opportunities: buff.ly/RlGQCPV
Can tax support climate and land reform goals?
We’ve published interim advice on how tax could:
✔️ cut land-based carbon emissions
✔️ support wider land reform
✔️ raise revenue for national priorities
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A good afternoon with our @scottishlandcom.bsky.social board at Forsinard. Many thanks to @rspbscotland.bsky.social for insights into lots of good work going on in the Flow Country.
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Why land, community and not just the "me" but the "we" matter - here's the text of my Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Scotland. And if you want to share your thoughts, please do so with the Scottish Land Commission's ScotLand Futures by Saturday, at: www.landcommission.gov.scot/scotland-fut...
03.09.2025 07:18 — 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1The @scottishlandcom.bsky.social meets in Wick next week and will be holding a public meeting there & then elsewhere over the next few weeks
27.08.2025 13:13 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Some more and varied contributions on the question of what it would look like to complete Scotland's land reform journey - the question asked by our #ScotLandFutures initiative.
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We’re hitting the road!
This autumn, the Scottish Land Commission is hosting public meetings across Scotland.
We will be in:
📍 Wick, Dumfries, Stornoway and Aberdeen
🎟️ Booking open for Wick and Dumfries | Booking coming soon for Stornoway and Aberdeen
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What can land reform do for urban Scotland?
Join our expert panel to explore housing, climate, and community power in towns and cities.
📅 28 August | 🕓 4pm - 4:50pm | 💻 Zoom
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#ScotLandFutures
'To meet the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss, how we use our land is fundamental. Right now, it is not fair for humans, or nature.'
Read more from LINK's @naturepower.bsky.social and the other contributors to this thought-provoking series on Scotland's land reform journey. 👇
The first in a series of contributions sharing different perspectives on what it would mean to complete Scotland's land reform journey #ScotLandFutures
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📢 We’re hiring a Head of Practice and Advice!
Shape land reform in Scotland, lead our Good Practice Programme, and support responsible land ownership.
📍 Inverness (hybrid)
💼 Permanent, 35h (flex/part-time considered)
💷 £56,382 - £69,018
Apply by 1 Aug.
Interviews 13/14 Aug.
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What should the future of Scotland’s land look like?
As part of ScotLand Futures, we’ve been hearing views from across Scotland about what matters in land ownership and use, and the destination for land reform.
There’s still time to add your voice to the national conversation.
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Great opportunity to join our @scottishlandcom.bsky.social team in a leadership role as Head of Practice & Advice, leading our work advising land owners, managers and communities.
Happy to have a chat with anyone interested in applying👇
New analysis from the Scottish Land Commission and SRUC reveals the rural land market is showing signs of cooling.
The 2025 Land Market Insights Report, launched today, uncovers how economic uncertainty is reshaping land sales and investment across Scotland.
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📢 #ScotLandFutures panellists announced
We’re bringing together voices from across Scotland’s land sector for a big conversation on the future of land reform at the Royal Highland Show next week.
👀 See the lineup and livestream info: www.landcommission.gov.scot/news-events/...
Good to talk with Neil about the core role of land in community wealth building. How we own and use land is central to local economies as well as the national picture.
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📌 New research contract notice: Approaches to land valuation in the tax system
We’re commissioning research to explore how other countries value land for tax purposes looking at how land valuation data is gathered, used, and applied in tax systems internationally.
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