Scotland’s Landscape Charter
Action Plan
Delivering The Charter
Valuing and taking responsibility for Scotland’s landscapes requires a collaborative approach amongst all organisations and people involved in matters that affect our landscapes. We recognise that good policy and tools exist around land and landscape and aim to reinforce this in a short-term action plan to support implementation of the charter which will be undertaken in collaboration with the landscape community in Scotland.
Following on from the successful collaborative stakeholder event – Delivering for Scotland’s Landscapes through the Charter and the development of an Action Plan held on 30 October 2025 the SLA formed a short term working group and in Spring 2026 held a workshop and online meetings to take forward the emerging themes, consider actions and priorities. We have now refined the main themes. Action Plan – Main Themes and we aim to publish the final plan and its associated high level actions by the end of June 2026 along with our priorities for the first 2 years.
The plan also links with the NatureScot and Historic Environment Scotland joint ‘People Place and Landscape Statement’ and its refreshed Action Plan, that sets out the vision and approach for managing change in Scotland’s landscape, and which will also support the implementation of the Charter
Greater numbers of people are actively participating in landscape at all levels and are positively engaged in landscape decision-making
Read the Charter
This charter is about promoting awareness of the critical contribution of the landscape to all our lives and to promote the action required to maximise the many benefits they bring now and for the future.