Policy and Consultation Responses

Policy and Consultation responses

Information about current Consultations can be found here.

Below are CWA policy papers and final responses to Scottish Government and other consultations.

2026 Consultations

• Draft Climate Change Plan (January 2026)

2025 Consultations

• Forest & Land Scotland Draft Corporate Strategic Plan 2026-2030 (November 2025)

• Scottish Forestry Science Innovation Strategy (October 2025)

• Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Research Strategy - ENRA (October 2025)

• Supporting Scotland’s Transition – Land Use and Agriculture (October 2025)

• Community Right to Buy (September 2025)

• Draft Environment Strategy (September 2025)

• Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill (May 2025)

• Community Benefits from Net Zero Energy Developments (April 2025)

2024 Consultations

• CWA Comment on third sector funding principles (August 2024)

• Managing Deer for Climate and Nature - CWA response (March 2024)

• Managing Deer for Climate and Nature Consultation (2024)

2023 Consultations

• CWA Draft Response to BioD Consultation (2023)

• Land Justice (Sept 2023)

• Community Wealth Building Consultation (May 2023)

• Scottish Land Commission (SLC) discussion paper - community benefits from investment in natural capital

• Future Grant Support for Forestry (Feb 2023)

2022 Consultations

• Land Reform Bill Consultation: An Update for CWA Members (2022)

• CWA FLS Draft Communities Strategy (2022)

• CWA Draft NPF4 (2022)

• CWA Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement (2022)

2021 Consultations

• CWA FLS Corporate Plan (2021)

• CWA Agricultural Transition in Scotland (2021)

• CWA Scottish Government Tax Policy (2021)

• CWA UK Forestry Standard first stage review (2021)

• CWA Local Place Plan Regulations (2021)

• CWA Land Use Strategy 2021-26 (2021)

2020 Consultations

• CWA Scottish Forestry Corporate Plan (2020)

Pre-2020 Consultations

• CWA SEPA Forestry and Wood Processing Sector Plan (2019)

• CWA Community Right to Buy, Sustainable Development Secondary Legislation (2019)

• CWA Scottish Labour Party Policy Forum: Communities paper (2019)

• CWA Forestry & Land Scotland Corporate Plan (2019)

• CWA Charity law review (2019)

• CWA Scottish Forestry Strategy (2019)

• CWA Forestry & Land Management Bill (2017)

• CWA Transparency in Land Ownership (2017)

• CWA Future of Forestry in Scotland (2016)

• CWA Land Use Strategy (2016)

• CWA Land Reform Bill (2015)

• CWA Future of Land Reform (2015)

• CWA SRDP stage 2 (2014)

• CWA Community Empowerment Bill (2014)

• CWA Scottish Affairs Committee (2013)

• CWA: Land Reform Review Group (2013)

• CWA: Community Empowerment & Renewal Bill (2012)

• CWA: strategic directions for the National Forest Estate (2012)

• CWA: Big Lottery Big Thinking Consultation (2009)

• CWA: FCS Woodland Expansion paper

• CWA: SNH Climate Change (2009)

• CWA: Implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy Health Check in Scotland (2008)

• CWA: Scottish Forestry Strategy (2005)

• CWA: NFLS (2005)

• CWA: SNH strategic review (2004)

• CWA: Highland forest & woodland strategy (2004)

• CWA: FCS review of National Forest Land (2004)

Banner Image: Surveying wild redcurrant bushes in Eshiels Community Woodland for a very rare moth (Lampronia capitella) – the wood is the only known site in Scotland

Photo credit: Reuben Singleton