Annual Notice Early Warning

We are writing to everyone who did not complete their Annual Notice return earlier this year. If you receive the letter, you should take action to resolve your situation. 

What can I do now?

Check and update your contact details

• Are your contact details correct on the Register of Crofts?
• Update your contact details 

Are you living on or near your croft?

Tenant and owner-occupier crofters have a duty to:

• Be ordinarily resident on, or within 32 kilometres of their croft
• Cultivate and maintain the croft
• Not to misuse or neglect the croft
• I need more information about my Crofter's Duties

Are you living more than 32km away from your croft but intend to use it again soon?

• I want to know more about how I can be away from my croft, but still fulfill my duties
• Find my croft and apply

Would you like someone else to use your croft for a short time?

• I'm a croft tenant and want to know more about subletting my croft
• I own my croft, or I'm a landlord of a vacant croft and want to know more about short term letting
• Find my croft and apply

Thinking of giving up your croft?

Tenant crofters can transfer their croft tenancy to another person with our consent:

• I want to know more about assignation
• Find my croft and apply

Giving up your croft but keeping your house and garden

Tenant crofters, owner occupiers, and landlords of a vacant or part-vacant croft can apply to take an existing house site and garden out of crofting tenure:

• Is this the right application for me?
• Find my croft and apply

My relative has died and the croft has passed to me in their will, but letters keep coming in their name

You are legally obliged to tell us about the death of a crofter.

• I want to tell you about the death of a crofter

I need more help

• Email info@crofting.gov.scot
• Call us on 01463 663439