Community Engagement Obligations and draft large land holdings guidance under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025– Consultation paper

Footnotes

1 As defined in schedule 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

2 Scottish Land Rights and Responsibility Statement 2022 (page on Scottish Government Website)

3 RCI records people and organisations that own land (or have a lease of over 20 years) in Scotland and there is someone else who has significant influence or control over their decisions about that land.

4 Deed plan criteria guidance (Registers of Scotland Knowledge Base website)

5 As set by section A1 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. The net-zero emissions target year is 2045.

6 Biodiversity is the diversity of species, genetic variations within species, and ecosystems. Our economy, jobs, health and wellbeing depend on it and it plays a vital role addressing and mitigating the impact of climate change.

7 National Park Partnership Plans are 5-year plans which set out the vision and strategy for the management of the National Park and how work will be coordinated to deliver the aims of the National Park. The current National Park Partnership Plans are linked below:

• Cairngorms National Park
• Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

8 As defined by section 1 of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018

9 Scottish Household Survey 2023 results (Scottish Government website)

10 This means both:

a) Community bodies (defined in section 34 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003) – i.e. those which are eligible to apply for community rights to buy land

b) Crofting community bodies (defined in section 71 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003) – i.e. those which are eligible to apply for community rights to buy croft land

11 Characteristics of Large-scale landholdings (Storymap published by James Hutton Institute)

12 Changes at a glance - Changes to UK company law Companies House changes