This means the provisions will not apply to landowners with fragmented landholdings each under the relevant threshold. Some suggested the Bill should be amended to remove “contiguous” and ensure the Bill extends to “aggregated, corporate landholdings”.iiiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 5 November 2024, col 18: CLS provided the example of Gresham House, saying that the funds it manages makes it the third largest private landowner in Scotland, owning more that 53,000 hectares, but it would not be caught by this provision because the holdings are fragmented, with no single holding over 3,000 hectares.iGresham House dispute claims that they are Scotland's third largest landowner.