This research report was commissioned by the Scottish Government to offer some insights into the local impacts of differing scales of rural land ownership in Scotland on social, economic and environmental outcomes.
The study considered three case study pairs of parishes, each comprising a parish dominated by one or more large land owners and a nearby comparator parish that had historically been dominated by one or more large land owners but is no longer, due to ownership fragmentation at some point.
The findings were intended to inform both the on-going development of Scotland's land reform policy and deliberations over the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill at the time of publication.