Compensation for value other than agricultural value
Stakeholders also suggested there was a lack of clarity as to whether the compensation to be paid to the tenant for a resumption will take into account value attached to the land other than agricultural value.iNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 18 June 2024, cols 40-43; Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 25 June 2024, cols 20-21; Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 17 December 2024, cols 35-41; Written submissions including Turcan Connell, Scottish Land and Estates, CAAV/SAAVA, Church of Scotland SLE stated that in voluntary negotiations some valuers "attempted to include "hope" or development uplift where land might have development potential".Written submission of Scottish Land and Estates They described this as an "area of ambiguity" in the 2016 Act, though their interpretation is that the statutory compensation provision in the 2016 Act "should only reflect the use permitted by the lease".