Land Reform Taskforce

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1 December 2004, LINK Access Taskforce, Parliamentary Briefings

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003: Draft Guidance for Local Authorities and National Park Authorities

We are concerned that the Act and the intention behind the legislation have been wrongly or too narrowly interpreted. We feel that these areas could lead to misunderstandings in the implementation of the Act, and would like to draw these to the attention of the committee so that they may be placed on public record.Submission to the Justice 1 Committee from the Scottish Environment LINK Access Network

20 June 2001, LINK Access Taskforce, Consultation Responses

Land Reform - The Draft Bill
Access Legislation and the draft Scottish Outdoor Access Code

A number of the key technical issues and mechanisms in the Bill lead to an unbalanced approach and depart, significantly, from the consensus proposals worked out through long negotiation by the Access Forum, and substantially endorsed by Scottish Natural Heritage. The Bill, as it stands, with its proposals for ad hoc suspension of the right of access by landowners and for criminal sanctions, may substantially undermine even the established access currently enjoyed by visitors to the countryside. Furthermore, it could reduce future opportunities for enjoying the outdoors rather than enhancing these and extending them to a wider public.

21 September 1999, LINK Land Reform Taskforce, Consultation Responses

Land Reform – Proposals for Legislation

LINK members welcome the White Paper as a first step in the Land Reform process and look forward to further legislation in order to achieve the goal of land reform as set down in the consultation paper, Recommendations for Action - namely "to remove the land-based barriers to the sustainable development of rural communities".  THis response outlines the LINK concenus on a number of issues.

19 May 1999, LINK, Position Papers

Land Reform Policy Group report Recommendations for Action

Although we appreciate that the report marks the end of the LRPG's consultation process and invites no further response at this stage, we feel it might be helpful to summarise some of the reactions to its content which have emerged at subsequent discussions within LINK.

Including: Countryside and Natural Heritage Issues, Land ownership and stewardship, Urban Dimension, Law reform, Land-Value Taxation.