Using a croft for activities other than agriculture is known as diversification.
As part of their legal duties crofters must:
- Cultivate their croft, or
- Use it for something ‘purposeful’ and does not adversely affect
- the croft
- the public interest
- the interests of the landlord or owner
- the use of adjacent land
This requires written permission from your landlord. But, if they refuse permission, you can make an application to us for ‘another purposeful use’
Examples
- Fruit and veg boxes
- Meat sales direct from the croft
- Cafes and food trailers
- Food and drink production
- Guest houses, self-catering accommodation, bed and breakfast
- Pods, wigwams and campsites with access to crofting activities and experiences (known as agritourism)
- Crafts using crofting products
- wool and yarn
- weaving and spinning
- Renewable energy