Policy and Consultation Responses

This page contains CWA policy papers and responses to Scottish Government and other consultations.

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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• CWA Scottish Forestry Corporate Plan (2020)

• 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