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Scotland’s public land is being sold off to housing developers building luxury homes and sidelining local people, we can reveal. Several communities told The Ferret they were misled or ignored by housebuilders and public bodies on development plans. Developers also allegedly breached planning rules without consequence, while councils scrapped local plans – including a healthcare hub for the elderly – to allow for new developments, sometimes on greenbelt land. Nearly £70 million of land was bought from Scotland’s councils, universities and NHS boards by CALA homes between 2014 and 2019, according to data obtained by The Ferret through freedom of information law. This amounts to 12 per cent of the £500m of public land sold in recent years. ....
There could be an option included to extend the lease for a further 25 years. It has been estimated the annual cost of managing and maintaining the pitches will be around £16,000. This figure will be met from the council’s education department’s budget. Glasgow Life will act as the booking agent for community use of the pitches. In 2013, Glasgow’s planning committee approved the university’s plans to redevelop the Jordanhill campus but attached a condition which meant the sports pitches were protected. “The retention and continued management of the playing fields was seen as being essential so as not to further exacerbate the city-wide deficiency in quality pitch surfaces,” a council report stated. ....