Off-market sales
Several stakeholders highlighted that these provisions might help address the problem of a high number of off-market sales – where land is sold by private negotiation without ever coming on the market, so without anyone being aware of the sale.iWritten submissions including Development Trusts Association Scotland, Scottish Community Alliance, Community Woodlands Association, Dr Jill Robbie, Andy Wightman The Community Woodlands Association told us that 64% of sales in 2021 were off-market, “making it very difficult for communities to have the chance to buy...