Community Asset Transfer Register for Scotland: Land, Buildings, and Allotments

Scottish local authority data compiled under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. The register amalgamates information on asset transfer requests, common good property, and allotments, including details on land availability and food growing strategies. The dataset is provided by the Scottish Government via SpatialData.gov.scot and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping available public land for community use based on the asset transfer request provisions.
• Analyzing common good property holdings and proposed changes by local authorities.
• Identifying potential allotment sites and assessing local food growing strategies.
• Monitoring compliance with statutory duties for maintaining public registers of land and assets.

Strengths

• Data is structured around specific statutory parts (5, 8, 9) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.
• Includes guidance on register content and formatting from the Scottish Government.
• Last updated timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-05 14:03:00.473638.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot

Collection Method

Likely compiled from statutory registers maintained by Scottish local authorities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 14:03:00.473638; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland