Community Buy Out Made Possible for Langholm Moor

That the Parliament welcome the decision by the Buccleuch Estates to delay the sale of its Borders estate until March 2020; understands that this follows calls for a delay in placing the land for sale on the open market to allow for a community bid to be developed for part, or all, of the land that is known as the Langholm Moor; understands that, out of the 560,000 acres of land in Scotland currently under community ownership, only 800 is located in the south; believes that this move provides a huge opportunity for communities in Langholm and Newcastleton to take ownership of the land that surrounds them, protect the natural beauty of the moor and create opportunities for people, and wishes them success