In this article, Terra Firma Chambers' Mark Lazarowicz looks at the extension of the ‘Community Right to Buy’ introduced by the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 and the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016. It describes the changes to the scope of the community right to buy land and explains the key definitions and procedures to be followed under the legislation.
This article was first published in the June 2018 edition of Scottish Planning and Environmental Law Journal (187 SPEL 58) and is reproduced here with the kind permission of the publishers, IDOX Group.
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