Regional Land Use Framework and Partnership
A Regional Land Use Framework (RLUF) was developed by South of Scotland Enterprise in collaboration with us, Dumfries and Galloway Council, local businesses and communities across the south of Scotland.
The objectives of the South of Scotland RLUF are to:
- Support and promote better, more informed, collaborative and integrated decisions about how we use land in the South of Scotland in a sustainable manner, addressing the climate and biodiversity crises whilst supporting a wellbeing economy
- Identify and understand competing pressures on land and identify opportunities for land use to deliver multiple benefits of value to society
- Inform the targeting of public and private investment in support of transparent, fair, sustainable investments in land use
- Encourage land-based businesses to work with nature and communities, helping to contribute more to South of Scotland’s prosperity, including jobs, skills development and a just transition
- Enable urban and rural communities to be better connected to the land, with more people enjoying the land and positively influencing land use.