Land use - getting the best from our land: strategy 2021 to 2026.

Land use - getting the best from our land: strategy 2021 to 2026 sets out long term vision for sustainable land use in Scotland, objectives and key policies for delivery. It looks beyond its formal five year duration to 2032 and 2045 targets and efforts to tackle the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
This Strategy builds on previous land uses strategies (2011 Strategy and 2016 Strategy). As there was no consensus on the specific wording the Strategy maintain the original vision and objectives of the 2011 Strategy but recognizes the importance of on-going consideration.
This Strategy seeks to make land use more understandable and accessible to everyone, it promotes more inclusive conversations around how land is used and who should be involved in those decisions. It moves away from a sector by sector approach towards an overarching holistic picture of what sustainable land use in Scotland could look like. The Strategy identifies seven illustrative landscapes (not map-based or intended to be geographically specific, deliberately not mutually exclusive) to set out Scottish policies. These landscapes are: 1) Settlements; 2) Enclosed Farmland; 3) Semi-natural land; 4) Rivers and waterbodies; 5) Coastal; 6) Islands; 7) Marine.