# Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025, Paragraph 12: Dwelling-houses

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) A small landholder may not erect a dwelling-house on the landholder’s small landholding (whether or not as a replacement for another dwelling-house on the holding) without the prior written consent of the landlord unless sub-paragraph (2) or (3) applies.
(2) This sub-paragraph applies if—
(a) the landholder is a landholder mentioned in sub-paragraph (4), and
(b) no dwelling-house has ever been erected on the holding.
(3) This sub-paragraph applies if —
(a) the landholder is not a landholder mentioned in sub-paragraph (4), and
(b) the dwelling-house is erected to replace a dwelling-house which was on the holding when the Landholders Acts first applied to the holding.
(4) A landholder referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (3)(a) is a landholder who, immediately before paragraph 1 comes into force, is a new landholder for the purposes of section 2(1) of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911, or the successor of such a new landholder.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-reform-scotland-act-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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