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    Call to repopulate Scotland's cleared land
    BBC NEWS SCOTLAND 1 FEB 2018

    New powers are being sought to reverse the impact of the clearances in Scotland.


    Communities were cleared from land where generations had lived in areas including the Lowlands and Highlands in the 18th and 19th centuries.

    The landowners turned this land over to sheep farming or deer stalking.

    Community Land Scotland wants to see the land repopulated and for nearby remaining communities to be given greater powers to be able to do that.

    The suggested powers include compulsory purchase of areas that have been designated for resettlement.

    Community Land Scotland, which represents community landowners, also wants Scotland's "no-longer existing communities" to be mapped, in a similar way as areas of "wild land" are mapped to protect them from development.

    The organisation has sought to have the Planning Bill currently before the Scottish Parliament to be amended to give government ministers and communities the new powers.

    'Living landscape'

    A Community Land Scotland spokesman said: "A lot of time has been spent mapping so-called wild land and some now needs spent mapping Scotland's lost heritage as part of thinking about our future development.

    "It is all about finding more balance in the arguments about landscape and the opportunity to have a more living landscape in which people are an integral part."

    The Scottish government said it was committed to empowering communities.

    A spokesman said: "We have committed to introduce legislation for compulsory sale orders during this parliament.

    "These powers need to be effective to tackle the blight of abandoned buildings and small plots of land in town centres and communities but also adequately protect the rights of owners.

    "It is currently anticipated the legislation will be introduced during 2018-19."

    In some cases during the clearances, people who had lived on the land for generations left voluntarily, while others were forcibly evicted and their homes burned and demolished.




    more....... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...lands-42903144




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    That boring, windy landscape needs re-foresting and populating with wolves. Alternatively, I'm sure FM Sturgeon would welcome a housing project to take thousands of immigrants from overcrowded England.

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    Who's going to repopulate it, I wonder?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Who's going to repopulate it, I wonder?
    Community buyouts have been good for people who want to stay in their ancestral home, rather than forced into the cities. Look at the Isle of Eigg, comunity buy-out for example. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...lands-40258975

    It is localism needs in action, and goes against the grain of the establishment. A small example. Isle of Eigg. They deicide who comes on the island and gets the housing.
    • The isle measures about five miles by three miles
    • It is one of a group of islands off Skye known as the Small Isles
    • Issues such as lack of home and business security, unemployment and poor housing and infrastructure influenced the decision to launch a buyout
    • Ł1.5m was raised to achieve the community purchase
    • Islanders took control on 12 June 1997
    • Over the past 20 years the population has grown from 64 to more than 100

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