The Crofting Commission regulates
and promotes the interests of crofting in Scotland
to secure the future of crofting.
and promotes the interests of crofting in Scotland
to secure the future of crofting.
Application & Notification Types
Application/Notification |
Function |
Find out More |
|---|---|---|
| Another Purposeful Use | Application to put your croft to a use other than cultivation | Another Purposful Use |
| Application by former subtenant to remain in occupation of croft | Application to continue your sublet should the crofter's circumstances change |
Application by former subtenant to remain in occupation of croft |
| Apportionment - Extension of the period of a termed apportionment | Application for an extension to the period of your termed apportionment. | Apportionment - Extension of the period of a termed apportionment |
| Apportionment - Individual Apportionment | Application to obtain an area of your common grazings for your exclusive use. | Apportionment - Individual Apportionment |
| Apportionment - Review of an apportionment | Request a review of the conditions (such as boundary fencing) of an apportionment | Apportionment - Review of an apportionment |
| Assignation | Application to transfer a croft tenancy to another individual | Assignation |
| Assignation of a grazings share | Application to transfer a grazings share to another individual | Assignation of a grazing share |
| Change of Contact Details | Notify us if your contact details have changed | Change of Contact Details |
| Change of Ownership | Notify us if you have purchased a croft | Change of Ownership |
| Consent to be Absent | Application for consent to live out with 32km of your croft for a set period of time | Consent to be Absent |
| Creating a New Croft | Application to create a new croft | Creating a New Croft |
| Crofter Forestry | Grazings shareholders can apply to create forestry on common grazings land. | Crofter Forestry |
| Decrofting - Croft House and Garden Ground | Application to remove an existing wind and watertight house from crofting tenure | Decrofting - Croft House and Garden Ground |
| Decrofting - Part Croft | Application to remove part of a croft from crofting tenure | Decrofting - Part Croft |
| Decrofting - S17 or S18 Feu | Application to remove Section 17/18 Feu from crofting tenure. | Decrofting - S17 or S18 Feu |
| Decrofting - Whole Croft | Application to remove an entire croft from crofting tenure | Decrofting - Whole Croft |
| Division | Application to divide a croft into two or more crofts | Division |
| Division House Site (Bequest) | Application to divide an existing house from a croft as indicated in a Will. (Executor only) | Division House Site (Bequest) |
| Division of Grazings Share(s) | Application to divide grazings share into two or more shares. | Division of Grazings Share(s) |
| Enlargement | Application to add non-croft land to an existing croft. | Enlargement |
| Exchange of croft land | Application to exchange croft land between crofts with the same Landlord | Exchange of croft land |
| Intestate Succession | Transfer of croft by Executor where there is no Will or the Will is not able to be given effect to. | Intestate Succession |
| Letting | Application to award the tenancy of a croft. | Letting |
| Letting Grazings Share(s) | Application to award the tenancy of a grazings share(s). | Letting Grazings Share(s) |
| Renunciation of a Croft Tenancy | A notification to relinquish/give up a croft tenancy | Renunciation of a Croft Tenancy |
| Resumption - Notification of Effecting | Notification from a Landlord to effect a resumption | Resumption - Notification of Effecting |
| Short Term Let | Application to allow someone to utilise your croft for a set period of time. | Short Term Let |
| Suspected Breach of Duties | Notify us of a crofter you suspect to be in breach of their crofting duties | Suspected Breach of Duties |
| Subletting | Application to allow someone to utilise a croft for a set period of time. | Subletting |
| Subletting of Grazings Shares(s) | Application to allow someone to utilise a grazings share for a set period of time. | Subletting of Grazings Shares(s) |
| Testate Succession of a Croft Tenancy (Bequest) | Transfer of a croft when the crofter has left a Will. (must be within 12 months of crofter's death) | Testate Succession of a Croft Tenancy (Bequest) |
Application Types
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Consultation on crofting reform
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