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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-ordinator of the CLAN network of researchers. You The post In Conversation with Jim Hunter first appeared on Land Matters .
The Scottish Parliament has made some welcome changes to its procedures to increase transparency and accountability but, unfortunately, they do not appear to be making much of a difference. The first alarm bells rung for me when the Parliamentary Bureau The post Scottish Parliament Committee Elections first appeared on Land Matters .
Following recent posts about my attempts to secure prosecutions for those failing to register the controlling interest in land, I am pleased to see that the Ferret has published an important analysis of the Register of Controlled Persons in Land. The post Two Thirds of Overseas Entities fail to comply with Transparency Law first appeared on Land Matters .
Readars may be aware that I run the Who Owns Scotland website. It is funded by subscriptions and so if you do not already subscribe, I can thoroughly recommend it. Every month I check records from one year past and The post Ditchley Foundation acquires Knockando Estate first appeared on Land Matters .
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 before the law. You can read the key blogs here, here, The post No Police or COPFS action over transparency offences first appeared on Land Matters .
The Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land was established under Part 3 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 to provide greater transparency on who owns land. It requires partnerships, trusts, unincorporated bodies and overseas entities to The post Further Reporting of Offences to Police Scotland first appeared on Land Matters .
Following on from Alan Brown’s guest blog on who really owns Craiganour Estate, I now dig into who is really behind North Glen Estates Ltd., the other entity currently being investigated by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service for The post Who Controls North Glen Estates Limited? first appeared on Land Matters .
This Guest blog from Alan Brown is the first of two which question whether the two transparency regimes operating in Scotland the Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land (RCI) and the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) The post Who is behind Astel Ltd? first appeared on Land Matters .
NORTH GLEN ESTATE LTD On 6 May 2025, I published a blog highlighting the fact that the owner of North Glenbuchat Estate, North Glen Estate Ltd., an overseas entity registered in the Turks and Caicos Islands, had failed to register The post Police Submit report on RCI offences to COPFS first appeared on Land Matters .
On Wednesday this week, Savills announced the “sale” of the 8800 hectare Tulchan Estate in Morayshire at offers over £67 million. Newspapers have reported the “sale” today (see above extracts from the Herald and the Times). But Tulchan Estate is The post Tulchan Estate is not for sale (again) first appeared on Land Matters .