Land for Rural Housing: Supporting the Delivery of New Rural Homes

The Scottish Land Commission (SLC) has published a new report on Land for Rural Housing and the opportunity for public sector leadership. 

This session will explore the need to increase rural housing and the role of a supply of land in creating new homes.  Major opportunities for economic growth in rural Scotland require new homes to support that growth.  At the same time remote communities are suffering from depopulation and an ageing demographic.

This event will share the key findings from the recent SLC proposals on Land for Rural Housing on how an increased supply of developable land can help to deliver new homes and make places sustainable.  It will hear about the need for the public sector to bring forward land to enable housing development. 

The session will touch on 5 case studies on delivering new rural homes and explore how communities can be supported to deliver new homes and create jobs. 

The Scottish Land Commission provides direction, leadership and strategic thought to land reform in Scotland.  We are working to create a Scotland where the ownership, management and use of land and buildings contributes to the collective benefit of everybody.