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The final legislation to introduce a new map-based system was the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 33) which introduced a map-based Land Register of Scotland. The 1979 act provided that each county of General Register of Sasines would transfer over to the new Land Register. The 'live' date for each county was: [9]
His Majesty's Land Registry is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government, created in 1862 to register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales. [3] It reports to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. [4] The registry contains 87% of land in England and Wales as of 2019. [5]
The value of land varies widely, depending on location but also condition, contaminated land might constitute a liability. The value of land being eroded by the sea or other natural processes declines rapidly. Land in the centre of large cities may be very valuable, for example £7.2 million per hectare was cited for central London in 2016, [1 ...
The Scottish Land Commission is a body concerned with looking at the concentration of land ownership, land taxation, and effective use of land for the common good. The Commission will also provide some scrutiny of those laws and policies that relate to land within Scotland. [1]
The Scottish Government Land Reform Review Group's The land of Scotland and the common good: report (2004) succinctly summarises common good property: " Section 14: Common Good Lands A special type of property owned by local authorities in Scotland, which is legally distinct from all the other property which they own, is Common Good Funds.
Scourie (Scottish Gaelic: Sgobhairigh), historically spelled "Scoury", is a village on the north west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness.The name comes from the Gaelic word Sheiling or shed, a stone-built place of shelter used during the summer months. [2]
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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.