List of community buyouts in Scotland

This is an incomplete list of areas 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. 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	1908	Estate	Glendale Trust		9,300	23,000	NG1749	Purchased by the government, then sold to the crofters^[1]
Stornoway Estate, Lewis	1923	Estate	Stornoway Trust	£0	28,000	69,200	NB4232	Gifted by Lord Leverhulme
Macdonald Estate, Skye	April 1971	Estate	Clan Donald Lands Trust		7,871	19,452	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	Feb 1993	Estate	Assynt Crofters' Trust	£300,000	9,000	22,200	NC1032	Previously known as North Lochinver Estate^[2]
Eigg	Jun 1997	Island	Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust	£1,500,000	3,000	7,400	NM4786	^[3]
Abriachan Forest	Mar 1998	Forest	Abriachan Forest Trust	£152,000	534	1,300	NH5434	Purchased from Forest Enterprise^[4]
Knoydart Estate	Mar 1999	Estate	Knoydart Foundation	£750,000	7,000	17,300	NG7703	^[5]
Isle Martin, Loch Broom	May 1999	Island	Isle Martin Trust	£0	150	400	NH0999	Gifted by the RSPB^[6]
Little Assynt Estate	Nov 2000	Estate	Culag Community Woodland Trust	£244,000	1,200	3,000	NC1526	^[7]
Gigha	Mar 2002	Island	Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust	£4,000,000	1,300	3,200	NR6449	^[8]
Dùn Coillich, Perthshire	May 2002	Hill	Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust		420	1,000	NN7653	^[9]
North Harris	Mar 2003	Estate	North Harris Trust	£2,200,000	22,500	55,600	NB1010	Increased to 25,000 ha (62,000 acres) with purchase of Loch Seaforth estate in 2006^[10]
Aline Community Woodland, Lewis	May 2005	Forest	Erisort Trust		633	1,600	NB2114
Glencanisp and Drumrunie Estates, Assynt	Jun 2005	Estate	Assynt Foundation	£2,900,000	18,000	44,500	NC1718	^[11]
South Uist Estate - Benbecula, Eriskay and South Uist	Nov 2006	Estate	Stòras Uibhist	£4,500,000	38,000	93,900	NF7830	^[12]
Langamull and West Ardhu Woodlands, Isle Of Mull	Dec 2006	Forest	North West Mull Community Woodland Company Ltd	£343,000	700	1,700	NM3952 & NM4250	Purchased from Forestry Commission Scotland under the National Forest Land Scheme^[13]
Galson Estate, Lewis	Jan 2007	Estate	Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn (Galson Estate Trust)	£1,200,000	22,600	55,800	NB4458	^[14]
Cultybraggan Camp, Comrie	Sep 2007	Former prisoner of war camp	Comrie Development Trust	£350,000	36	100	NN7619	^[15]
Kinloch village, Rùm	Feb 2009	Village	Isle of Rum Community Trust	£0	100	200	NM4099	Transferred from Scottish Natural Heritage^[16]
Rhubodach Forest, Bute	Jul 2010	Forest	Bute Community Land Company	£250,000	161	400	NS0273	Larger area of forest bought for £1.475m, then part of it immediately sold for £1.25m^[17]
RAF Machrihanish	May 2012	Former air base	Machrihanish Airbase Community Company	£1	409	1,000	NR6622	^[18]
Evanton Wood	Aug 2012	Forest	Evanton Wood Community Company	£300,000	65	200	NH5966	^[19]
Mull of Galloway	Jul 2013	Heathland	Mull of Galloway Trust	£350,000	12	0	NX1530	Sold by the Northern Lighthouse Board^[20]
Bridgend Farmhouse, Edinburgh	Nov 2016	Former farm and steading	Bridgend Inspiring Growth	£1	0.41	0	NT280710	Sold by the City of Edinburgh Council^[21]
Portobello Old Parish Church, Edinburgh	September 2017	Former Church	Action Porty	£600,000	0.18	0	NT280710	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	21 June 2018	Island	North West Mull Community Woodland Company	£4,400,000+	2,000	4,900	NM410396	Sold by Jamie howard after a grant of £4.4 million from the Scottish Government through the Scottish Land Fund^[23]

References

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17. "Islanders complete Bute forest buyout". BBC News. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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19. "Community efforts pay off with woodland deal". Ross-shire Journal. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
20. "Mull of Galloway community land purchase deal complete". BBC News. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
21. City of Edinburgh Council. "Finance and Resources Committee". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
22. City of Edinburgh Council. "Finance and Resources Committee". www.edinburgh.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
23. "Deal reached on community buyout of Ulva Estate". BBC News. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

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