Scottish Land Commission

The Scottish Land Commission is working to create a Scotland where everybody benefits from the ownership, management and use of the nation’s land and buildings. Our work is focussed on four key areas covering both urban and rural land in Scotland: • Land for housing and development – Working to reduce constraints to redeveloping vacant and derelict land for housing and other productive uses, improve land supply for housing and stimulate a more active approach to developing land in the public interest. • Land ownership – The Land Commission is examining the impacts of scale and concentration of land ownership and tax policy, as well as reviewing the effectiveness of the Community Right to Buy mechanisms. • Land Use Decision-making – The Land Commission seeks to improve the quality and accountability of decision making, providing guidance where necessary. • Agricultural Holdings – We are working to increase access to land for those who want to farm, improve the relationships between landowners and tenant farmers and stimulate the tenant farming sector. We are a Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB) and have six Commissioners, including a Tenant Farming Commissioner, appointed by Scottish Ministers. The five Land Commissioners are Andrew Thin (Chair), Professor David Adams, Megan MacInnes, Lorne MacLeod, Dr Sally Reynolds. The Tenant Farming Commissioner is Bob McIntosh. The Commission is supported by a team of staff based in Inverness headed up Chief Executive, Hamish Trench.