2004 No. 296

LAND REFORM

The Community Right to Buy (Definition of Excluded Land) (Scotland) Order 2004

Made

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33(2) of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 20031, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 98(5) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Community Right to Buy (Definition of Excluded Land) (Scotland) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2

In this Order–

  • “the Act” means the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003;

  • “designated maps” means the maps entitled “The Community Right to Buy (Definition of Excluded Land) (Scotland) Order 2004: Definitive Maps” deposited at the Offices of the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department, Pentland House, 47 Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh, EH14 1TY; and

  • “the GROS report” means the General Register Office for Scotland publication “Scottish Settlements – Urban and Rural Areas in Scotland”2 which was published by the General Register Office for Scotland on 5th February 2001.

Excluded land2

1

There is designated as excluded land for the purposes of section 33 of the Act, the land comprising the settlements listed in the Schedule to this Order, being settlements of over 10,000 people who are resident in the settlement areas defined in the GROS report.

2

The boundaries of the settlements specified in the Schedule to this Order are the boundaries specified in the GROS report which are delineated on the designated maps.

3

Foreshore which is adjacent to the settlements specified in the Schedule to this Order is excluded land for the purposes of section 33 of the Act.

ALLAN WILSONAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

SCHEDULE

Article 2

NAME

NAME

Aberdeen

Galashiels

Alloa

Glasgow

Arbroath

Glenrothes

Ardrossan

Greenock

Ayr/Prestwick

Hawick

Bathgate

Helensburgh

Blackwood (Cumbernauld)

Inverness

Blantyre/Hamilton

Inverurie

Bo'ness

Irvine

Bonnybridge

Kilmarnock

Broxburn

Kilwinning

Buckhaven/Kennoway

Kirkcaldy

Carluke

Kirkintilloch/Lenzie

Carnoustie

Largs

Cowdenbeath

Larkhall

Dalkeith

Linlithgow

Dumbarton

Livingston

Dumfries

Montrose

Dundee

Penicuik

Dunfermline

Perth

East Kilbride

Peterhead

Edinburgh

St Andrews

Elgin

Stirling

Erskine

Stranraer

Falkirk

Troon

Forfar

Whitburn

Fraserburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates what is “excluded land” for the purposes of section 33 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”).

Article 2(1) and (2) designates settlements of more than 10,000 people as “excluded land” for the purposes of defining registrable land under the Act. Those settlements are listed in the Schedule to the Order as “excluded land”. Where several localities form a settlement, a generic name is given where possible, but in some cases, e.g. Ayr/Prestwick, the settlement name is simply an amalgamation of the names of the constituent localities. The boundaries of those settlements are specified in the General Register Office for Scotland report “Scottish Settlements – Urban and Rural Land in Scotland” and are delineated on maps known as “The Community Right to Buy (Definition of Excluded Land) (Scotland) Order 2004: Definitive Maps”. The effect of a settlement being so designated is that a community body (as defined in section 34 of the Act) is not permitted to register an interest in the Register of Community Interests in Land in any land comprising the settlement.

Article 2(3) makes clear that foreshore which is adjacent to any settlement in the Schedule to the Order is excluded land.

Copies of the designated maps are available for public inspection free of charge during opening hours, as displayed at the following locations:–

a

the Scottish Executive Library, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD;

b

the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department, Pentland House, 47 Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh, EH14 4TY (Tel: 0131 244 6003); and

c

the Agricultural Area Offices specified in the following table.

Area Office

Address

Tel.No.

Ayr

Russell House, King Street, Ayr, KA8 0BE

01292 610188

Dumfries

Government Buildings, 161 Brooms Road, Dumfries, DG1 3ES

01387 255292

Elgin

32 Reidhaven Street, Elgin, IV30 1VE

01343 547514

Galashiels

Cotgreen Road, Tweedbank, Galashiels, TD1 3SG

01896 758333

Hamilton

Cadzow Court, 3 Wellhall Road, Hamilton, ML3 9BG

01698 281166

Inverness

28 Longman Road, Inverness, IV1 1SF

01463 234141

Perth

Broxden Business Park, Lamberkine Drive, Perth, PH1 1RZ

01738 602000

Thainstone

Thainstone Court, Inverurie, AB51 5YA

01467 626222

Note: Copies of these maps are not available at other Agricultural Area Offices as these areas contain no settlements.