Study Claims Island Buy-Out Will Bring a Range of Benefits

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A PROPOSED community buy-out of the 93,000-acre South Uist Estate would bring a range of economic, social and environmental benefits, according to a feasibility study.

If the purchase goes ahead, it would be the largest community buy out of land yet in Scotland. It would see almost the whole of South Uist, excluding a nature reserve and former Ministry of Defence ranges, the majority of Benbecula and the entire island of Eriskay passing into community ownership.

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Study Claims Island Buy-Out Will Bring a Range of Benefits

The land includes 850 crofts - about 5 per cent of the Scottish total - and 3,670 residents, making it...

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