Supplementary briefing following evidence session
However, Sarah-Jane Laing (SLE) pointed out the need to consider the individual circumstances of ownership and whether the landholdings are managed as individual businesses or a consolidated ownership in different elements.iiiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 19 November 2024, col 34: The SLC proposed a “proportionate approach to determining how linked and/or discontiguous holdings should be treated”.vScottish Land Commission, The Land Reform Bill - Part 1: Advice to Ministers (January 2025) They stated that consideration of contiguity is necessary in establishing whether titles are controlled and managed as a single composite holding and that, given the complexities in this issue, it is best...