Work on land reform and housing - public interest led development, land assembly, rural housing and placemaking.
Inverness, Scotland
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Looking forward to sharing our work and ideas on delivering land for #ruralhousing
Great to see a vacant building being re-used to provide much needed housing.
A fantastic example of design-led urban #regeneration. What are the benefits of Byzantian developments @FifeCouncil and @HistEnvScot working with designers to transform a vacant historic factory into vibrant housing?
Read story: bit.ly/TCLSX
📸 by David Cadzow
Good to see such a focus on land - including a proposal to create a land agency, a mechanism for land value uplift capture and taxation to support land and building re-use in these proposals.
Professor Ken Gibb: Rebooting the Scottish Affordable Housing Supply Programme scottishhousingnews.com/arti…
It will be great to catch up with people (it's always a brilliant event) and make the links to @ScottishLandCom work on land for rural housing.
In Dundee for @sfha_hq Rural and Island's conference. Looking forward to the session on Key Worker housing with @SFT_Scotland @albynhousing @HIEScotland @ssencommunity
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In Dundee for @sfha_hq Rural and Island's conference. Looking forward to the session on Key Worker housing with @SFT_Scotland @albynhousing @HIEScotland @ssencommunity
Great to see these being celebrated. Vacant land is a great potential resource to create access to nature and greenspace, natural resources to deal with flooding and havens for plants and nature in towns and cities.
On our blog today, we're highlighting some inspiring examples of how derelict and vacant land is being reused - like at Claypits Local Nature Reserve in Glasgow and Melfort Park in Clydebank - to benefit both nature and people. orlo.uk/qbMAp
ALT People enjoying the paths and canal at Claypits Local Nature Reserve.
ALT The raised bed allotment at Melfort Park.
Excellent research highlighting steady progress in land and building re-use, a positive policy environment and the challenge of maintaining momentum in a tough fiscal climatewith a slowdown in housing delivery (51% of sites re-used as housing in the study period),
We're very proud to have worked with @ScottishLandCom on this comprehensive review of the progress made four years on from the Vacant and Derelict Land (VDL) Taskforce recommendations.
There is great potential for VDL sites to provide access to green space, nature based solutions to high rainfall and support for biodiversity - keep up the good work!
This timely report on VDL reuse is very welcome and highlights progress made & recommendations to keep the momentum going.
These include the need for repurposing VDL as greenspace and supporting community-led initiatives, both key workstreams at the heart of the #CSGN.
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This is a fantastic project, providing access to green space and a path network in what was a downgraded and derelict site. Re-using derelict land for green space can provide access to nature, support plants and animals and prevent flooding.
Nature-based solutions and the restoration of nature are vital to mitigating climate change and can support delivery of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (SBS) and Scotland’s National Climate Adaptation Plan (SNAP).
There are some fantastic examples of how vacant and derelict sites have been re-used in this way. This short case study of the Levern Water Restoration Project shows how by restoring parts of the river they were able to remove barriers to fish migration, restore wetland habitat and plant over 600 mature trees 🌳
Not only has this improved the biodiversity and delivered nature-based solutions to flooding, with the addition of footpaths throughout the site it has created greenspace for the community to enjoy.
You can find out more about this project and others like it in our Review of VDL report
landcommission.gov.scot/news…
📸 East Renfrewshire Council
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The re-use of land for housing is great news and supports efforts to deliver net zero, but as @RydenNews identify, a slowdown in housing delivery is a cause for concern. We highlight support for private developers to re-use land and buildings as an area that needs further work.
Much of the progress has been made in re-use of sites for housing which accounts for 51% of re-use purpose 🏘
The report evaluates progress and need for further action as well as highlighting good practice and examples of successful land re-use.
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We will be featuring guest blogs to explore each of these 4 issues and kick off dicsussion on increasing re-use of land and buildings. Please read the reports to find out more.
@ScottishLandCom @RydenNews found are areas requiring more work:
1 Supporting land re-use for housing, esp by private developers
2.Supporting community re-use
3.Levelling the playing field between greenfield development and land re-use.
4. Supporting re-use as green space
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@ScottishLandCom @RydenNews found are areas requiring more work:
1 Supporting land re-use for housing, esp by private developers
2.Supporting community re-use
3.Levelling the playing field between greenfield development and land re-use.
4. Supporting re-use as green space
2. The @TheKLTR ownerless land scheme whcih can support communities to take ownership of vacant land and provide a productive re-use of that land.
2. The @TheKLTR ownerless land scheme whcih can support communities to take ownership of vacant land and provide a productive re-use of that land.
The review also identified 2 significant interventions to support land re-use -
1. A Vacant and Derelict Land Hub hosted by the Scottish Government providing an online map of sites, making it easier for communities or developers to re-use land.
Our review analyses progress since the publication of the Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce recommendations in 2020.
Since then there has been steady progress in re-use of vacant land, including the most harmful and challenging sites.
Thanks for sharing - lots to learn from the hub: desire of urban communities to re-use vacant land and buildings; barriers preventing re-use; some potential solutions to increase community ownership and re-use of vacant land.
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The blog is based on learning from the community hub which worked closely with communities in Glasgow and Clyde Valley, measuring the appetite for community ownership and supporting them to improve their local places.
Great blog from Linsay. It highlights the appetite from urban communities to re-use vacant and derelict land and buildings to improve their local places, makes clear the main obstacles are to increased community ownership in urban Scotland and proposes bold solutions.
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Great blog from Linsay. It highlights the appetite from urban communities to re-use vacant and derelict land and buildings to improve their local places, makes clear the main obstacles are to increased community ownership in urban Scotland and proposes bold solutions.
In our latest guest blog, Linsay Chalmers of @CommunityLandSc analyses the key learning from a project supporting urban communities interested in land re-use, an area that our upcoming VDL review will highlight as requiring more action.
Read the full blog on our website 👇landcommission.gov.scot/news…
A great chance to hear about progress with land re-use, some positive developments to support productive use of damaged land and areas where more focus could accelerate development on brownfield sites.
This week @HamishTrench will be speaking at the @ScottishCLF conference discussing progress made on tackling vacant and derelict land.
This is a topic the Commission are heavily focused on with a review conducted by @RydenNews to be published later this month.
#SCLF2024
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Fantastic to see this initiative up and running. Please share widely to increase opportunities for communities to take over vacant land for productive re-use.
In 2020 our VDL Taskforce described the potential of the King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (@TheKLTR) for overcoming ownership issues of vacant and derelict land as a ‘game-changer’ – 4 years on, the Ownerless Property Transfer Scheme is up and running and already making a difference to stubborn VDL sites.
Head to our website to read a blog all about the OPTS – a centuries-old regime that is creating new opportunities⭐
landcommission.gov.scot/news…
