Agricultural tenancies, small landholdings and land management tenancy proposals - strategic environmental assessment: consultation analysis

This report outlines the findings of a consultation held as part of a strategic environmental assessment of agricultural tenancies, small landholdings and land management tenancy proposals.


Footnotes

1 See Table 1 for a summary of the quantitative responses.

2 Waygo is the effective date or termination date on a notice of intention to quit or a notice to quit of an agricultural leasing arrangement.

3 In the context of agricultural tenancies, resumption is the legal term used to describe the Landlord’s power to take back land or buildings out of an agricultural Lease.

4 This was referred to as a ‘Land Use Tenancy’ in the consultation documents.

5 There were 12 responses to each of these questions.

6 In Scotland, public bodies and private companies operating in a public character are required to assess, consult on, and monitor the likely impacts their plans, programmes and strategies will have on the environment: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - Environmental assessment.

7 Agricultural tenancies, small landholdings and land use tenancy proposals: strategic environmental assessment - consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

8 See Annex B and C of the Consultation document: Agricultural tenancies, small landholdings and land use tenancy proposals: strategic environmental assessment - consultation - gov.scot

9 Agriculture Bill: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10 Small landholdings modernisation: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11 This was referred to as a ‘Land Use Tenancy’ in the consultation documents.

12 Land reform in a Net Zero nation: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

13 Further information: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - Environmental assessment.

14 Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Agricultural Tenancies proposals Environmental Report - gov.scot. and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Small Landholdings and Land Use Tenancy Proposals Environmental Report - gov.scot.

15 This section was titled ‘Land Use Tenancy’ in the consultation.

16 Percentages throughout this report have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Some questions were repeated on Citizen Space, and in this report we have focused on respondents’ answers to the main questions as set out in Annex 1.

17 This was referred to as a ‘Land Use Tenancy’ in the consultation documents.

18 This was referred to as a ‘Land Use Tenancy’ in the consultation documents.

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