Regulatory applications

As a landlord, your input is a key part of the crofting application process. How you are notified and how you can respond varies depending on the type of application. Your comments help us make a decision.

You can also check for new applications and notifications (updated daily).

How landlords and notified

Here's a quick guide to how you'll be notified for different application types and what your role is. In all cases, you have 28 days to provide your comments.

• Assigning a croft or grazings share:
  • Notification: You'll receive a written notice directly from the applicant. The application will also be advertised in a local newspaper.
  • Your role: You can provide comments on the application for us to consider.
• Decrofting a house site and garden:
  • Notification: You'll receive a signed notice with a map directly from the applicant.
  • Your role: You can provide comments on the application.
  • Important: If the tenant doesn't buy the land within 5 years of the decrofting decision, the land remains part of the croft.
• Decrofting part or all of a croft:
  • Notification: We will advertise the application in a local newspaper.
  • Your role: You can provide comments on the application.
  • Important: If the tenant doesn't buy the land within 5 years of the decrofting decision, the land remains part of the croft.
• Dividing a tenancy or grazings share:
  • Notification: You'll get a written notice from the applicant, and the application will be advertised in a local newspaper.
  • Your role: You can provide comments on the application.
• Croft enlargement:
  • Your role: You can provide comments on the application.
• Exchanging a croft or part of a croft:
  • Notification: You'll receive a written request from the applicant asking for your consent.
  • Your role: Your consent is required for the application to proceed.
• Subletting a croft or grazings share:
  • Notification: You'll receive a written notice from the applicant, and the application will be advertised in a local newspaper.
  • Your role: You can provide comments on the application.