Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to legislate for compulsory sale orders and, if so, when.
Given the pressure for space in the legislative programme, and the potential implications of Brexit on parliamentary time, we do not expect to be in a position to legislate for compulsory sales orders (CSO) in this parliamentary session. Nevertheless we remain committed to introducing a new CSO power for local authorities. We will therefore now bring forward a package of proposals that addresses how authorities can assemble land, tackle problem properties and capture land value uplifts ready for the next administration to consider legislating on these matters.