A BATTLE is brewing over Scotland's concentrated land ownership EFFORTS TO deal with the 'monopoly power' some large landowners wield over parts of Scotland are at the heart of a discussion paper newly published by the Scottish Land Commission. Promising to kickstart the modernisation of land ownership in Scotland, the paper floated three specific proposals intended to counter what it describes as as the 'adverse effects' of having so much land held in so few hands – and stressed that, in other countries and economic sectors, such mechanisms were completely normal – • The requirement for significant land holdings to publicly engage on, and publish, a Management Plan;