Crofting is a unique form of small-scale land-holding which provides the crofter with regulated rights, such as regulated fair rents, tenure security and inheritability. This is balanced with certain responsibilities for the crofter, defined by crofting legislation, to not “neglect” or “misuse” the land, but to use it for “productive” (agriculture... See more

Material and mineral rights generally come with land ownership. Some mineral rights are exempt from private ownership being reserved to the Crown (see the inter regalia), common or state interest (e.g. oil, coal, gold, silver). Rights over these materials are reallocated based on separate ownership title, or licences.

Development Management Scheme (DMS). This is commonly used for new housing developments in Scotland, and is a commons-like governance structure which allows owners to participate in collective decision-making, management and maintenance of common property, and where membership of the scheme is registered in the property title.

Water (riparian) rights in land recognise the different approach needed to govern common flows over land, such as for streams that run across property boundaries. For example, a landowner downstream, or adjacent, is entitled to receive the natural flow of the river, undiminished in quantity and quality – this places obligations on owners upstream... See more