Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its announced review of the Community Right to Buy, what steps it has taken to (a) advertise its review of the community right to buy land and (b) invite evidence; what deadline it has set for the submission of evidence; whether it plans to publish all evidence submitted, and what formal terms of reference were given to the review by ministers.
The Scottish Government issued a general call for evidence on the Scottish Government’s X Account on 10 July. In addition, since announcing the review on 6 March at a visit to the Heart of Newhaven project in Edinburgh, we have emailed stakeholder and community groups who have engaged with Community Right to Buy to seek their views.
The deadline for submission of evidence to Phase 1 of the review is the end of September 2024. The anonymised responses received will be made available (in October 2024). The terms of reference for the review are set out in the call for evidence and the emails issued to stakeholders.
This initial call for evidence will inform a full formal consultation in summer 2025, which will give everyone the opportunity to comment. The response to which will be published and summarised in accordance with standard consultation practice.