Assets by Type

Community owned assets which are exclusively land: 278

Figure 7: Almost all community owned assets are land and/or buildings

The number of community owned assets recorded in Scotland as of 31 December 2023 by asset type

The figure is available in the Figures supporting document.

Of the 26 assets which came into community ownership in 2023, 11 were buildings only, eight were land and buildings, six were land only and one was categorised as ‘Other’ (a pier).

A third of assets are land only (278) and another third are land and buildings (277). Just under a third of assets are buildings only (257).

Most assets will fall into the category of land, buildings or both. There are seven assets categorised as ‘Other’ which are either piers, slipways, reservoirs or water intakes. The five non-land based assets are a ferry, a small boat, a pontoon for berthing watercraft, a single car transporter and salmon fishing rights for a river.

There may be a degree of subjectivity in how categories have been assigned, e.g. a building with a very small area of land. The classification of an asset may also change after a community group takes ownership