Land Matters

Castle Tioram is located on the tidal island of Eilean Tioram located near the mouth of the River Shiel in Loch Moidart (see map below).

In March 2000, the late John MacLeod announced that he intended to sell An Cuiltheann (the Cuillin).

The Left Behind Series (1) Investigating who owns Scotland over the years has revealed many fascinating aspects of geography, law, history and politics.

The Scottish Parliament will very soon have the opportunity to scrap the Council Tax.

There are many examples across Scotland where landowners large and small are continuing to frustrate the ambitions of individuals, businesses and social enterprises through the exercise of the fundamental monopoly control of land.

WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST UPDATE Further to my blogs (below and 21 August), the Cabinet Secretary has now provided an on the record statement to Third Force News yesterday (25 August) as follows; Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs, Gillian M…

On 14 August 2026, Emily Johns was appointed as a member of the Cairngorms National Park Authority to serve a four year term.

The image above appeared on the front cover of the Sunday National on 16 August 2026.

The first CLAN (Community Land Academic Network) conference took place at UHI in Perth on 16-17 June 2026.

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.

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.

Readars may be aware that I run the Who Owns Scotland website.