This list contains the majority of land under community ownership in Scotland. It includes areas purchased in community buyouts, as well as land gifted or transferred for a nominal fee.
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 introduced rights for communities to purchase land in their area. The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 extended the Community Right to Buy to communities of any size, including those in urban areas. The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 allows ministers to compel landowners to sell if they decide that the sale will further sustainable development in the area. Funding for buying land has been provided by the Scottish Government through the Scottish Land Fund.
| Property | Date | Type | Owner | Purchase price | Area | OS grid reference | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hectares | acres | ||||||||
| Glendale Estate, Skye | Estate | Glendale Trust | 9300ha | Purchased by the government, then sold to the crofters[1] | |||||
| Stornoway Estate, Lewis | Estate | Stornoway Trust | £0 | 28000ha | Gifted by Lord Leverhulme | ||||
| Macdonald Estate, Skye | Estate 19,452 | Clan Donald Lands Trust | 7871ha | NG 6206 | The Trust was founded by Clan Donald community members local and worldwide to buyout part of the old Macdonald Estate and preserve the land for future generations of our community. | ||||
| North Assynt Estate | Estate | Assynt Crofters' Trust | £300,000 | 9000ha | Previously known as North Lochinver Estate[2] | ||||
| Eigg | Island | Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust | £1,500,000 | 3000ha | [3] | ||||
| Abriachan Forest | Forest | Abriachan Forest Trust | £152,000 | 534ha | Purchased from Forest Enterprise[4] | ||||
| Knoydart Estate | Estate | Knoydart Foundation | £750,000 | 7000ha | [5] | ||||
| Isle Martin, Loch Broom | Island | Isle Martin Trust | £0 | 150ha | Gifted by the RSPB[6] | ||||
| Little Assynt Estate | Estate | Culag Community Woodland Trust | £244,000 | 1200ha | [7] | ||||
| Gigha | Island | Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust | £4,000,000 | 1300ha | [8] | ||||
| Dùn Coillich, Perthshire | Hill | Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust | 420ha | [9] | |||||
| North Harris | Estate | North Harris Trust | £2,200,000 | 22500ha | Increased to 25,000 ha (62,000 acres) with purchase of Loch Seaforth estate in 2006[10] | ||||
| Aline Community Woodland, Lewis | Forest | Erisort Trust | 633ha | ||||||
| Glencanisp and Drumrunie Estates, Assynt | Estate | Assynt Foundation | £2,900,000 | 18000ha | [11] | ||||
| South Uist Estate - Benbecula, Eriskay and South Uist | Estate | Stòras Uibhist | £4,500,000 | 38000ha | [12] | ||||
| Langamull and West Ardhu Woodlands, Isle Of Mull | Forest | North West Mull Community Woodland Company Ltd | £343,000 | 700ha | & | Purchased from Forestry Commission Scotland under the National Forest Land Scheme[13] | |||
| Galson Estate, Lewis | Estate | Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn (Galson Estate Trust) | £1,200,000 | 22600ha | [14] | ||||
| Cultybraggan Camp, Comrie | Former prisoner of war camp | Comrie Development Trust | £350,000 | 36ha | [15] | ||||
| Kinloch village, Rùm | Village | Isle of Rum Community Trust | £0 | 100ha | Transferred from Scottish Natural Heritage[16] | ||||
| Rhubodach Forest, Bute | Forest | Bute Community Land Company | £250,000 | 161ha | Larger area of forest bought for £1.475m, then part of it immediately sold for £1.25m[17] | ||||
| RAF Machrihanish | Former air base | Machrihanish Airbase Community Company | £1 | 409ha | [18] | ||||
| Evanton Wood | Forest | Evanton Wood Community Company | £300,000 | 65ha | [19] | ||||
| Mull of Galloway | Heathland | Mull of Galloway Trust | £350,000 | 12ha | Sold by the Northern Lighthouse Board[20] | ||||
| Bridgend Farmhouse, Edinburgh | Former farm and steading | Bridgend Inspiring Growth | £1 | 0.41ha | Sold by the City of Edinburgh Council[21] | ||||
| Portobello Old Parish Church, Edinburgh | Former Church | Action Porty | £600,000 | 0.18ha | First urban community right to buy in Edinburgh under the LR(S)A 2003 (as amended). Property sold by the Church of Scotland[22] | ||||
| Ulva | Island | North West Mull Community Woodland Company | £4,400,000+ | 2000ha | Sold by Jamie Howard after a grant of £4.4 million from the Scottish Government through the Scottish Land Fund[23] | ||||
| Bonnymuir Green, Aberdeen | Greenspace and building | Bonnymuir Green Community Trust | £120,000 | 0.5 | Former bowling green[24] | ||||