Found: housing costs and prevent homelessness; and supporting first-time homebuyers through schemes such as shared

Found: homes principally for low-cost rent, in line with our social purpose, and also offer affordable shared-ownership

Shared ownership service charges have become extortionate and we do not get a say on who or what is decided regarding works and services rendered. We can now be charged twice a year if the Housing Association see fit. This twice a year charging causes much worry and upset.

Found: Make legislation for fairer service charges for shared ownership.

Found: landlord has the freehold), or (b) provides that the terms of the lease which make the lease a shared

Found: of anything transferred to be treated as references to the IBCA; (e) make provision for the shared

Found: landlord has the freehold), or (b) provides that the terms of the lease which make the lease a shared

Found: landlord has the freehold), or (b) provides that the terms of the lease which make the lease a shared

Found: landlord has the freehold), or (b) provides that the terms of the lease which make the lease a shared

Found: The purchase price for the acquisition of a leasehold interest in land under a Shared Ownership Arrangement

Found: Specific examples of co mmunity benefits might include: - shared ownership , use and governance of

Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26130 by Gillian Martin on 19 March 2024, as part of its work to explore other avenues with the onshore renewables industry to maximise benefits flowing into communities, whether it has specifically considered maintaining community benefit schemes and community shared ownership agreements as a condition of the sale or transfer of all onshore renewables projects.

Answered by Martin, Gillian - Minister for Energy and the Environment

The Onshore Wind Sector Deal includes an industry commitment to making community benefit agreements binding at the point of Financial Investment Decision, and to maintaining community benefits and shared ownership agreements as a condition of sale or transfer of a wind farm.

This is supported by a joint Scottish Government and industry commitment to establish a standard approach to the management of community benefits funds and to establish a national register of community benefits and community shared ownership, to ensure transparency and effective reporting.

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider establishing an obligation for private developers to regularly update the Community Benefits Register.

Answered by Martin, Gillian - Minister for Energy and the Environment

The powers to mandate community benefits are reserved to the UK Government.

The Onshore Wind Sector Deal, signed in September 2023, builds on the success of Scottish Government Good Practice Principles and commits the sector to updating the register of Community Benefit on an annual basis. This will ensure greater transparency and effective reporting on the benefits offered to Scotland’s communities.

The register, administered by Local Energy Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, indicates that 273 developments offered over £26 million worth of community benefits to Scottish communities in the past 12 months. The register can be accessed here: https://localenergy.scot/community-benefits-register/ .

We continue to call on the UK Government to explore mandating community benefits and shared ownership of onshore renewable energy projects alongside plans for electricity transmission networks.