Roadmap

Our vision

Our long-term aim is to give every piece of land in Scotland its own Annual Ground Rent value, per square metre. Today we show estimates for small areas, called Data Zones. Next we plan to work at the level of individual land parcels, and then on a fine 3-metre grid. We are building this step by step from accurate, publicly available data. Getting it right will take time, and we will keep refining it until it is accurate enough to be a trusted source of land value information for Scotland.

Today the map shows estimates for Data Zones only. Back to map

Levels

These five levels nest. Each larger area is made from the areas inside it, starting from the one below. The map shows Data Zones now. RoS land parcels and 3m grid squares come later. We do not publish a Scotland total or a council total yet.

  1. Scotland
  2. council area
  3. Data Zone, live
  4. RoS land parcel
  5. 3m grid squares, later

What we aim to cover

Land (Annual Ground Rent)

  • Site rent: homesYearly rental value of the land under homes, without the buildings.In progress
  • Site rent: businessYearly rental value of the land under shops, offices and works.Later
  • Rural and farmland valuesHomes rarely sell in the countryside, so house-sale methods don't work there. We will use published farmland price and rent surveys, plus land capability (soil) maps.Later
  • Planning upliftExtra value land gains from planning permission. It sits inside the land rent and is not added again.Not started
  • Infrastructure commons upliftLand value created by public spending on roads, rail and services. It sits inside the land rent and is not added again.Later
  • Licences and franchisesValue of exclusive rights granted by government, such as ferry routes, broadcasting and taxi plates.Later
  • Monopoly and other artificial privilegesExcess return from barriers to entry or a legal privilege.Later

Natural resource rents

  • Minerals and aggregatesRoyalty for each tonne of stone, sand, gravel or coal taken from the ground.Not started
  • Oil and gasRent from oil and gas fields beyond what extraction costs plus a normal return.Later
  • Water abstractionValue of taking water from rivers, lochs and the ground under licence.Not started
  • Fishing quotaValue of the right to catch a share of fish stocks.Later
  • Fish-farm seabed leasesRent for fish farm sites on the seabed, beyond the lease paid to Crown Estate Scotland.Later
  • Onshore wind and hydro sitesExtra rent a wind or hydro site earns over ordinary land rent on the same ground.In progress
  • Offshore wind and seabedRent for seabed and foreshore used for wind farms, cables and moorings.Later
  • TimberValue of the standing trees' site, beyond planting and management costs.Not started
  • Radio spectrumValue of the right to use radio frequencies.Later
  • Orbits and airspaceValue of orbital slots and airspace rights.Later

Services of nature

  • Carbon in peat and soilsValue of carbon kept in the ground by peat and soils, where there is no market price.Not started
  • Flood regulation, pollination, clean water, recreationOther free services of nature.Not started

Coming to the map

These layers aren't on the map yet. We add them when the data is checked and we're allowed to show it.

Further ahead