Rural Payments and Services

The Testing of the Rent Review System Report is now available. It includes recommendations that will be discussed when the key stakeholders meet again in mid-March.

The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 sets out the framework for assessing what is a ‘fair rent’ for an agricultural holding.

The concept of a ‘fair rent’ underpins the ethos of the Act and therefore drives the recommendations and conclusions reached in this report.

It is implicit that a ‘fair rent’ must be a sustainable rent for both landlord and tenant.

This dictates an eventual need for Codes of Practice to outline how this can be obtained in a reasonable and proportionate manner.