Rethinking Communities, Land and Governance: Land Reform in Scotland and the Community Ownership Model

In this article I explain Scottish community landownership and land reform and reflect on itsrelevance and next steps for planning practice and research. First, I describe Scotland’s landreform experience, and the community land model and key, relevant aspects of the land useplanning system, addressing a gap in the planning literature on the topic. Three demonstrativecase studies are then provided. Conceptually, this paper reiterates the call for further attention to land ownership to deliver planning goals (Fawaz & Moumtaz, 2017), and amplifies global understandings of the importance of alternative and Indigenous land perspectives. In conclusionI reflect on the implications for planning concepts and practice, identifying priorities for future research.