Right to Buy Land to Further Sustainable Development: application guidance

Annex B: Useful contacts and web links

Community Land Team, Q Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XD
Tel: 0131 244 9822
Email: crtb@gov.scot

Community Assets Team, Highland and Islands Enterprise
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness IV2 5NA
Tel: 01463 245 245
Web: https://www.hie.co.uk/support/support-for-community-organisations/

Companies House, 4th Floor, Edinburgh Quay 2, 139 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh EH3 9FF
Web: https://www.companieshouse.gov.uk

Registers of Scotland (RoS), Meadowbank House, 153 London Road, Edinburgh EH8 7AW
Tel: 0845 6070161
Web: https://www.ros.gov.uk/

Lands Tribunal for Scotland, George House, 126 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4HH
Tel: 0131 271 4350
Email: LTS_Mailbox@scotcourtstribunals.gov.uk
Web: http://www.lands-tribunal-scotland.org.uk/

Development Trusts Association Scotland (DTAS), 1B Washington Lane, Edinburgh EH11 2HA
Tel: 0131 220 2456
Email: info@dtascot.org.uk
Web: https://www.dtascot.org.uk/

Community Ownership Support Service (COSS), 1B Washington Lane, Edinburgh EH11 2HA
Tel: 0131 225 2080
Email: coss@dtascot.org.uk
Web: https://www.dtascommunityownership.org.uk/

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB
Tel: 0131 474 8000
Email: enquiries@scvo.org.uk
Web: https://www.scvo.org.uk/

Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator (OSCR), 2nd Floor Quadrant House, 9 Riverside Drive, Dundee DD1 4NY
Tel: 01382 220446
Email: info@oscr.org.uk
Web: https://www.oscr.org.uk

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), 25 The North Colonade, London E14 5HS
Tel: 020 7066 1000
Web: https://www.fca.org.uk

Community Land Scotland, Fearann Coimhearsnachd na h-Alba
Room 1, Aves Business Centre, 11 Jamaica Street, Greenock PA15 1XX
Tel: 07884 314297
Email: info@communitylandscotland.org.uk
Web: https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/

Scottish Land & Estates, Stuart House, Eskmills Business Park, Musselburgh, EH21 7PB
Tel: 0131 653 5400
Email: info@scottishlandandestates.co.uk
Web: https://scottishlandandestates.co.uk/

The Scottish Land Commission, Longman House, 28 Longman Road, Inverness, IV1 1SF
Tel: 0300 244 4452
Email: info@landcommission.gov.scot
Web: https://landcommission.gov.scot/

Resources

Community Right to Buy
https://www.gov.scot/policies/land-reform/community-right-to-buy/

Community Right to Buy Abandoned, Neglected or Detrimental Land
https://www.gov.scot/policies/land-reform/community-right-to-buy/#community-right-to-buy-abandoned-neglected-or-detrimental-land

Guidance for Engaging Communities in Decisions Relating to Land
https://www.gov.scot/publications/guidance-engaging-communities-decisions-relating-land/

Communities Mapping Tool
https://www.gov.scot/publications/land-reform-mapping-tool-guidance/

Register of Applications by Communities to Buy Land
https://roacbl.ros.gov.uk/

Register of Community Interest in Land
https://www.eservices.ros.gov.uk/rcil/ros/rcilcb/presentation//ui/pageflows/viewCountySummary.do

Buildings at Risk Register
https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/

Legislation

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/2/contents

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Explanatory Notes
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/2/notes/contents

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/6/contents

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, Explanatory Notes
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/6/notes/contents

The Community Right to Buy Abandoned, Neglected or Detrimental Land (Abandoned, Neglected or Detrimental Land) (Eligible Land, Regulators and Restrictions on Transfers and Dealing) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/201/contents/made

The Community Right to Buy Abandoned, Neglected or Detrimental Land (Abandoned, Neglected or Detrimental Land) (Applications, Ballots and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/140/contents/made

The Community Right to Buy Abandoned, Neglected or Detrimental Land (Abandoned, Neglected or Detrimental Land) (Compensation) (Scotland) Order 2018
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/137/contents/made

Land Reform Act (Scotland) 2016
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/18/part/5

Land Reform Act (Scotland) 2016, Explanatory Notes
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/18/notes/contents

The Right to Buy Land to Further Sustainable Development (Eligible Land, Specified Types of Area and Restrictions on Transfer, Assignations and Dealing) (Scotland) Regulations 2020
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/114/contents/made

The Right to Buy Land to Further Sustainable Development (Applications, Written Requests, Ballots and Compensation) (Scotland) Regulations 2020
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/21/contents/made