Long-term management of the crown estate in Scotland: analysis of consultation responses

Annex 2: Further Devolution Opportunities (reproduced from Box 10, page 22 of consultation document)

Functions that could potentially be further devolved to councils or communities

• Foreshore rights
• Leasing for wave and tidal energy out to 1nm, 3nm or 12nm
• Land in local authority operated ports
• Non-operational ports and jetties

Functions that may be better managed at the national level

• Offshore renewable leasing (12 - 200nm zone)
• Rights over cables and pipelines (which can transcend national borders within the UK)
• Other seabed rights (12 - 200nm zone) - gas storage rights, mineral rights (not hydrocarbons)
• Rights to naturally occurring gold and silver
• Reserved mining rights

Functions that need more consideration

• The rural estates - Applegirth, Fochabers, Glenlivet and Whitehill estates
• Urban property - principally at George St, Edinburgh
• Offshore wind leasing in the 0-12nm zone
• Aquaculture (may need mechanisms for management of conflicts of interest)
• Salmon fishing rights, possibly retained as part of the rural estate or aligned more closely with wider reform of wild fisheries
• Land in other ports