Assets by Type, 2022

Community owned assets which are exclusively land: 268

Figure 7: Almost all community owned assets are land and/or buildings

The number of community owned assets recorded in Scotland as of 31 December 2022 by asset type

The figure is available in the Figures supporting document.

Of the 16 assets which came into community ownership in 2022, eight were land and buildings, four were buildings, three land only and one was a structure on land not owned.

There are 268 (36%) land only community owned asset, with just under a third (243) just buildings and 217 land and buildings.

Most assets will fall into the category of land, buildings or both. There are six assets categorised as ‘Other’ which are either piers, slipways, reservoirs or water intakes. The five non-land based assets are a ferry, a small boat, a pontoon for berthing watercraft, a single car transporter and salmon fishing rights for a river.

There may be a degree of subjectivity in how categories have been assigned, e.g. a building with a very small area of land. The classification of an asset may also change after a community group takes ownership.