crofters commission -

FAQ

General FAQs

Are individuals on short term lets exposed to regulation

Bequest of Crofts - A relative of mine has died and the tenancy of their croft has been left to me in their Will. What do I have to do now?

Bequest of Crofts - Can I bequeath the tenancy of my croft to more than one person?

Bequest of Crofts - Can the landlord of the croft object to a bequest?

Bequest of Crofts: Does the Commission require sight of the Deed of Family Arrangement or can this be covered by a solicitor's letter confirming the initial bequest and subsequent Deed of Family Arrangement establishing the individual's entitlement to succeed to the tenancy of the croft under Section 10(1)

Bequest of crofts: If a bequest has been subject to a subsequent Deed of Family Arrangement, can you still process the transfer of the tenancy as a bequest of croft tenancy under the provisions of Section 10(1) of the Crofters (Scotland) Act.

Can a "legal person" (e.g. a company, limited liability partnership) be an owner-occupier crofter

Can a "legal person" (e.g. a company, limited liability partnership) be the subtenant of a croft

Can a crofter buy the croft?

Can anyone stand for election to the new Commission?

Can decrofted land be re-registered as croft land.

Can I let part of my croft to someone without making them a croft tenant?

Common Grazings - As a shareholder without stock must I pay my share of the costs for the hire or purchase of a township bull?

Common Grazings - Can a non-shareholder be elected to be a member of a Grazings Committee?

Common Grazings - Can I put pigs or horses on the common grazings as part of my souming?

Common Grazings - Can ordinary shareholders attend meetings of the Grazings Committee?

Common Grazings - Does the Grazings Clerk need to be an elected member of the Grazings Committee?

Common Grazings - How long can animals remain on the common grazings?

Common Grazings - How many animals can I put on the common grazings?

Common Grazings - How many persons should form a Grazings Committee?

Common Grazings - What action can be taken when a shareholder is in breach of the Grazings Regulations?

Common Grazings - What action should be taken when animals are alleged to be straying in the area of a crofting township?

Common Grazings - What happens to the voting rights in a Grazing Committee under a sublet

Common Grazings - When will a Grazings Committee be re-elected for our township?

Common Grazings - Where a meeting to appoint a grazings committee was properly advertised but the shareholders attending fail to appoint a grazings committee, what can be done to ensure the grazings are properly managed.

Common Grazings - Who is responsible for fences separating apportionments from common grazings?

Common Grazings - Who is responsible for fences separating inbye croftland from common grazings?

Could you provide clarification of the respective positions of tenant crofters and owner-occupier crofters in terms of duties and enforcement provisions?

Crofting Elections - FAQ's

Deed of family arrangement

Do sublets require Crofters Commission consent?

Does an "owner-occupier croft" for division purposes include the croft house site and garden ground

Does the purchase of part of a croft by a tenant crofter from his landlord require to be preceded by a division application approved by the Commission.

Duties of tenant crofters and owner-occupier crofters

How big is a croft?

How can I get a croft?

How do crofters use their crofts?

How many crofts are there?

How strictly will the residency limit be applied

I am an owner occupier crofter and I want to sell part of my croft. Is this possible?

I used to be the tenant of my croft but I bought it last year. What is my legal status now?

If a tenant or an owner-occupier decrofts a site, for example a croft house site and garden ground or a building plot, and then buys it and sells it on, the decrofting takes it outwish the ambit of the new legislation as it is no longer subject to Crofting Tenure

If I want to build a house on my croft, will I need planning permission before applying to decroft the site?

If power of Attorney has been drawn up in favour of more than one person, is it sufficient for any applicaiton submitted on behalf of a crofter to be signed by one of the attorneys, or will all parties have to sign

In cases of “misuse and neglect” what happens if the owner is asked to let? Does the new tenant have full rights?

In the event of multiple bequests what happens if one of the successor tenants wishes to dispose of their interest?

In what circumstances can the landlord terminate a deceased crofter's tenancy

Is our township an open township?

Must I live on my croft?

Owner-Occupier - does the Tenant have the right to buy or can it be excluded?

Should a tenant apply for approval for purposeful use established prior to 1st October?

Should the Commission grant apportionments on unregulated grazings?

What does "Duty to Cultivate and Maintain" mean and how will the Commission define these terms?

What happens if a crofter dies without leaving a Will (i.e. dies

What is "misuse" and "neglect"?

What is a croft?

What is a crofter?

What is crofting's legal status?

What is the status of a bought apportionment?

What steps must an executor take to transfer the tenancy

What would a croft cost?

When the Land Court issue an Order under Section 5A(2) that a breach of statutory conditions be remedied, do they make provision for monitoring compliance with the order

Who can ask the Commission to carry out an investigation of a suspected breach of duty?

Would the executor of a deceased crofter be able to apply for Commission consent to divide the croft, in the absence of a specific bequest having been made by the late crofter to transfer the croft tenancy to more than one person.

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