Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced proposals to ‘clamp-down’ on landowners who pose a ‘barrier’ to development as part of land reform in a consultation that closes on 5 February 2015.
She also said business rate exemptions for shooting and deerstalking estates would be scrapped as part of a series of ‘radical’ land reforms.
Sturgeon highlighted plans for a Land Reform Bill as she outlined her administration’s priorities and latest legislative programme.
This measure would give ministers power to intervene ‘where the scale of land ownership or the conduct of a landlord is acting as a barrier to sustainable development’.
Scottish Gov summary and Consultation
The Scotsman consultation article and article on Nicola Sturgeon
