CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating a “fantastic” growth in the number of community land buy-outs happening in Scotland’s urban areas ...
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating a “fantastic” growth in the number of community land buy-outs happening in Scotland’s urban areas.
Community Land Scotland reported that “nearly 100 community groups” are now aiming to take control of local buildings or land in the Glasgow region, adding to the 52 community landowners already established in the area.Dr Carey Doyle, the charity’s urban hub manager, said they had been expecting to deal with 10 community land buy-outs in Glasgow per year. Instead, she said “communities have asked us about 96 proposed buy-out projects so far”.
She said: “What we’ve seen with Glasgow and Edinburgh is that when local communities understand the opportunity that now exists to strengthen and empower their locality, the help and advice that is available, the chance to hugely improve facilities, they jump at the chance. The charity said: “This is a special celebration, marking 100 years since the then Lord Leverhulme gifted the town of Stornoway to its residents – the first significant transfer of community control and the first ‘urban buy-out’ in Scotland.”
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