I stand corrected and just assumed that it was roughly anything between 30-40% with a lotta this ownership assigned to foreign investment in random land holdings/businesses all over Scotland. I'm gonna take a closer look at this and return to this subject as a matter of course although I acknowledge there is a noted difference between titles and acreage. There is some good reference to this contentious subject from the likes of the recently awarded journalist, Lesley Riddoch, who has a passionate interest in radical land reform being deployed in Scotland plus small holding ownership of "huts"/but n bens similar to the common ownership of these kinda family owned small properties/huts that has existed in Norway for a very long time.
I know that the Scottish Land Commission was set up in 2017 and has been actively undertaking research and publishing policy papers on a wide range of topics such as compulsory sale orders, land value capture and, importantly, human rights. There was a previous review group whose work led to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 - it emphasised that land policy should equally enhance and uphold human rights (to housing for example). Land reform is ultimately about changing the legal, administrative and fiscal relationship between society and land in order to deliver public policy in areas such as housing, development, the environment, agriculture and forestry. The potential gains are immense and a radical prog of reform in the years to come could fundamentally alter the nature and distribution of power in Scotland. As said previously - lots of work still to do although some inroads have clearly been made in Scotland since feudal tenure was finally abolished in 2004. Yes, believe it - as late as 2004!! Moving to the wealth factor in Scotland, note that pre-pandemic it was reckoned that with wealth distribution the top 10% owned about two hundred times more wealth than the bottom 10% (a median wealth of £1.3M compared to £6k). Indeed the wealthiest 10% owned about 43% of all wealth in Scotland. Wealth distribution was hugely uneven as indicated. The least wealthy 40% only owned about 5%! Also noted was the fact that some of the wealthiest people in Scotland lived elsewhere incl low tax countries such as Monaco or the Isle of Man.
I know that the Scottish Land Commission was set up in 2017 and has been actively undertaking research and publishing policy papers on a wide range of topics such as compulsory sale orders, land value capture and, importantly, human rights. There was a previous review group whose work led to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 - it emphasised that land policy should equally enhance and uphold human rights (to housing for example). Land reform is ultimately about changing the legal, administrative and fiscal relationship between society and land in order to deliver public policy in areas such as housing, development, the environment, agriculture and forestry. The potential gains are immense and a radical prog of reform in the years to come could fundamentally alter the nature and distribution of power in Scotland. As said previously - lots of work still to do although some inroads have clearly been made in Scotland since feudal tenure was finally abolished in 2004. Yes, believe it - as late as 2004!! Moving to the wealth factor in Scotland, note that pre-pandemic it was reckoned that with wealth distribution the top 10% owned about two hundred times more wealth than the bottom 10% (a median wealth of £1.3M compared to £6k). Indeed the wealthiest 10% owned about 43% of all wealth in Scotland. Wealth distribution was hugely uneven as indicated. The least wealthy 40% only owned about 5%! Also noted was the fact that some of the wealthiest people in Scotland lived elsewhere incl low tax countries such as Monaco or the Isle of Man.