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Land and Buildings Transaction Tax: Property Investment Funds
As part of the 2025-26 Scottish Budget, the Scottish Government committed to bring forward draft legislation in respect of the interaction between Co-Ownership Authorised Contractual Schemes (CoACS) and Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT). Reflecting that commitment, this consultation seeks views on three specific issues focussed on the interaction between investment and devolved tax legislation. MoreOpened 11 July 2025 -
Building Standards: Flooding and groundwater guidance
The 2018-19 Programme for Government included a commitment to develop a property flood resilience action plan and in December 2018, the Scottish Government published the ‘ Flood resilient properties: framework for Scotland ’. This established the Property Flood Resilience Delivery Group (PFRDG), which was tasked with preparing and delivering an action plan to help property owners take action to make their properties more resilient against the impacts of flooding. As a member... MoreOpened 11 July 2025 -
Community right to buy: review
The Community Right to Buy, introduced in Scotland in 2003, has empowered rural, urban, and crofting communities to acquire land and assets. The Scottish Government is consulting as part of a review aimed at simplifying the process and exploring improvements. The Scottish Government committed to a public consultation on Community Rights to Buy in the Programme for Government 2024 to 2025 . Through this consultation, the Scottish Government wants to understand how these... MoreOpened 7 July 2025 -
A review of Scotland's shellfish water protected area designations
This consultation is on the on the proposed designations and de-designations of Shellfish Water Protected Area’s (SWPAs), as part of work to meet a statutory obligation. SWPAs are designated zones aimed at safeguarding shellfish waters from pollution, ensuring the sustainable development of economically significant shellfish production. The purpose of the review is to identify areas where it may be appropriate to designate a new SWPA or de-designate... MoreOpened 7 July 2025 -
Draft Environment Strategy
The draft Environment Strategy sets out a holistic framework for delivering Scotland’s role in tackling the global crises of nature loss, climate change and pollution. It brings together the Scottish Government’s existing policy response, highlighting the importance of carefully managing synergies and trade-offs. It builds on these existing policies by outlining new priorities and proposals. These focus, in particular, on opportunities for supporting the economic and societal changes... MoreOpened 3 July 2025 -
Polypharmacy Guidance: appropriate prescribing, making medicines safe, effective and sustainable 2025 - 2028
Polypharmacy (use of multiple medicines) can be appropriate or inappropriate. Polypharmacy becomes inappropriate when the medication risks begin to outweigh the benefits for an individual, and this is the important area to consider rather than the number of medicines an individual is taking alone. The aim of addressing this is to identify those at greatest risk of harm and to agree a medication regimen that is tailored to their changing needs and expectations, so that the use of medicines... MoreOpened 30 June 2025 -
Support for part-time study and disabled students: Survey for students, potential students, parents and carers
This consultation seeks to capture views on student support available for further education (FE) and higher education (HE) part-time and distance study; and on the support available for full-time and part-time disabled students undertaking FE and HE study. We are pleased to be taking forward this work as part of our continued commitment to ensure that all students who choose study on a part-time or distance learning basis and students with a disability or long term medical... MoreOpened 26 June 2025 -
Support for part-time study and disabled students: Survey for the Higher Education and Further Education sector, training providers, third sector and interested organisations
This consultation seeks to capture views on student support available for further education (FE) and higher education (HE) part-time and distance study; and on the support available for full-time and part-time disabled students undertaking FE and HE study. We are pleased to be taking forward this work as part of our continued commitment to ensuring that all students who choose to study on a part-time or distance learning basis and students with a disability, long term medical... MoreOpened 26 June 2025 -
Scottish Aggregates Tax - proposed approaches to cross-border taxation
The Scottish Government is seeking views on options for approaching cross-border taxation for Scottish Aggregates Tax (SAT). The Aggregates Tax and Devolved Tax Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (“the 2024 Act) provides for the key elements of a new devolved tax on the commercial exploitation of aggregates in Scotland - the Scottish Aggregates Tax (“SAT”). SAT is intended to replace UK Aggregates Levy (UKAL) from 1 April 2026. This is subject to the successful... MoreOpened 23 June 2025 -
Pathway Action Plans for Invasive Non-native Species
We want your views on five Pathway Action Plans to reduce the risk of invasive non-native species spreading in Great Britain. What the plans cover The plans focus on stopping invasive species from spreading through: recreational boating and angling - preventing species moving between waterways horticulture - stopping invasive garden plants and soil contaminants spreading zoos - preventing animals escaping from zoos or wildlife parks pets - stopping released or... MoreOpened 23 June 2025 -
Call for input on the future of the Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme in Scotland
The Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme is a legacy EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) scheme. It provides aid to groups of fruit and vegetable growers, recognised as producer organisations, to encourage them to work collaboratively and increase the quality and quantity of the produce they grow. The EU legislation was brought in to domestic law so it could carry on as it originally operated. Since leaving the EU, the Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme in... MoreOpened 23 June 2025 -
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations - Dissolution Regulation Amendments
This consultation gives you the opportunity to provide your views on our proposals to improve the current law on the dissolution of Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIOs) . This would involve making changes to the existing regulations . You do not need to answer every question but, the more information we have, the better we will be able to understand what you feel is needed. The consultation was published on Friday 20 June 2025 and... MoreOpened 20 June 2025 -
Update to the 2020 Offshore Wind Policy Statement: Scotland’s Offshore Wind ambition
The outlook for offshore wind in Scotland has changed since the original Offshore Wind Policy Statement was published in 2020, which outlined an ambition that Scotland's 2GW of operational and under construction offshore wind capacity at the time could grow to between 8GW and 11GW by 2030. Since then, there has been a significant increase in the number of potential offshore wind developments due to the ScotWind and the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing rounds. ... MoreOpened 18 June 2025 -
Scotland's Census 2031 - Topics
The National Records of Scotland (NRS), on behalf of the Registrar General for Scotland, is responsible for conducting Scotland’s census. These statistics are of national strategic importance and bring a wide range of benefits to Scotland. Census statistics provide an accurate picture of Scotland’s population including its size, distribution, and demographics. Our statistics inform policy making, enabling government agencies to make decisions regarding funding for services... MoreOpened 17 June 2025 -
Private Rented Sector (PRS) Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES)
This consultation seeks views on the Scottish Government's proposals to introduce Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) regulations in the domestic Private Rented Sector (PRS) using existing powers within in the Energy Act 2011. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings has been a priority for Scottish Ministers for over a decade, with draft Energy Efficiency (Domestic Private Rented Property) (Scotland) Regulations consulted on in 2019 and then laid before Scottish Parliament... MoreOpened 6 June 2025 -
Heat and Energy Efficiency Technical Suitability Assessment (HEETSA) - Scoping Consultation
The purpose of this Scoping Consultation is to set out the Scottish Government’s initial proposals for the scope of a Heat and Energy Efficiency Technical Suitability Assessment ( HEETSA) and seek stakeholder views on the overall concept of HEETSA and how it relates to other parts of the heat and energy efficiency retrofit landscape. The Scottish Government’s objective in making these initial proposals is to safeguard consumers by developing a technical suitability... MoreOpened 6 June 2025 -
Environmental Standards Scotland Strategy 2026-2031
Environmental Standard Scotland (ESS) is an independent public body, established by the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021. ESS monitors compliance with, and the effectiveness of, environmental law in Scotland. Our role is to hold local authorities to account to improve the quality of the environment in Scotland and help achieve the highest environmental standards. This consultation is seeking views and comments on ESS’ draft Strategy... MoreOpened 4 June 2025 -
Draft Updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy
Sectoral Marine Planning provides a framework for the sustainable development of offshore wind energy in Scotland’s marine environment. The draft updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (SMP-OWE) sets out an integrated planning framework for both the ScotWind and INTOG leasing rounds alongside consideration of additional capacity for test and demonstration (T&D) projects. It has been informed by the latest scientific evidence and sets out the opportunities as well... MoreOpened 30 May 2025 -
Process for determining electoral boundaries in Scotland
This consultation will discuss some of the processes used to approve changes to electoral boundaries in the UK and around the world, and ask for your views on which of the models may be a best fit for Scotland. It will also ask whether any other changes should be made as a result of any change to the approval process. Read the consultation paper . The consultation paper contains full background information for this consultation. You may find it useful to read or refer to while... MoreOpened 15 May 2025 -
Health: Long Term Conditions Framework
The purpose of this consultation Many people in Scotland live with the challenges of a long term condition; recently reported as 38% of our population. Long term conditions can impact a person’s whole life: their physical health, mental health, relationships, finance and work. The Scottish Government has a number of strategies and policies in place to improve care and support for a range of long term conditions and condition groups. The approaches taken focus on... MoreOpened 23 April 2025 -
Housing (Scotland) Bill
This consultation seeks views on how powers within the Housing (Scotland) Bill ("the Bill") could be used to exempt certain types of properties from rent control and the circumstances where rents could be increased above the level of any introduced rent cap. The Bill, as introduced to Parliament on 26 March 2024, creates a power for Scottish Ministers to introduce rent control areas. This would only be done following an assessment of an area’s rents by the local authority and a... MoreOpened 23 April 2025
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