Who Owns Scotland map for visual overview of land ownership. For Academics, Property Professionals, Natural Resources, Windfarms, Film Location Scouts, Journalists

There are many examples across Scotland where landowners large and small are continuing to frustrate the ambitions of individuals, businesses and social enterprises through the exercise of the fundame...

This is the first blog published since I installed new software to handle email notifications to subscribers. I hope it all works properly. If not, please let me know. I have also added a donate butto...

On 14 August 2026, Emily Johns was appointed as a member of the Cairngorms National Park Authority to serve a four year term. The appointment was made under the relevant legislation governing Minister...

The image above appeared on the front cover of the Sunday National on 16 August 2026. The story highlighted the ongoing charges faced by the Isle of Skye Ferry CIC, the community company that operates...

NatureScot has today announced a three-year General Licence restriction on two shooting estates: Milton of Drimmie Estate, near Blairgowrie, Perthshire, and Invermark Estate in the Angus Glens. MIL…

Public meeting about the sale of common good land on Helensburgh's waterfront with guest speaker Andy Wightman

The first CLAN (Community Land Academic Network) conference took place at UHI in Perth on 16-17 June 2026. The lead organiser was Dr Bobby Macaulay from UHI Centre for Mountain Studies and co-ordinato...

The first CLAN (Community Land Academic Network) conference took place at UHI in Perth on 16-17 June 2026. The lead organiser was Dr Bobby Macaulay from UHI Centre for Mountain Studies and co-ordinato...

How would a land value tax work in practice? Who would pay? A detailed report and a model showing the impact

Scotland has one of the most concentrated patterns of land ownership anywhere in the world. It's long been a subject of political debate. But who owns what? Andy Wightman has spent years finding out.

A Scottish council spent close to £75,000 fighting a court battle to avoid holding a public consultation over the sale of a piece of land - only to…

Holyrood’s so-called ‘media pen’ is not just a misstep, it is an embarrassment to a Parliament that has long claimed to value transparency and…

Regular readers of this blog will be aware of the efforts that Alan Brown and myself have made to ensure that people who flout transparency rules are held accountable table before the law. You can rea...

List of Scottish Cabinet Secretaries, Ministers and Law Officers.

Scotland's new writing theatre, the Traverse champions creative talent by placing powerful and contemporary theatre at the heart of cultural life.