Gaelic
Election of Grazings Committees
PLEASE SEE THE COVID 19 DOCUMENT BELOW FOR GUIDANCE ON APPOINTING A NEW GRAZINGS COMMITTEE.
Grazing Committees are set up to manage the common grazing. To have a regulated (protected by law) common grazing there must be a Grazing Committee.
The committee consists of a number of people who share in the common grazing and are elected onto the Committee by other shareholders.
Grazing Committees are the most effective way to safeguard the future of common grazing land and they can hold a valuable source of knowledge about crofting in the area. Grazing Committees can also contribute to increasing the confidence in communal working and management of community assets.
You can search for details of In Office Grazings Committees through our ROC Online
Please note: where a new committee has to be appointed at the end of a 3 year term, section 47(1) of the 1993 Act will require public notification of a meeting, and section 55A defines public notification as newspaper advertisement. The Commission will no longer accept Notification Forms where the meeting has not been advertised in a newspaper circulating in the district of the common grazings.
You may be eligible for assistance of up to £500 towards the establishment of a properly constituted common grazings committee, contact your nearest Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate to find out more.
Election of Grazings Committees
Covid -19
The majority of our staff continue to work from home but we do now have some staff who are able to access our office, although the numbers are restricted due to social distancing measures. We will continue to give priority to applications that relate to statutory deadlines, or which concern a Crofting Register forms to notify the Commission that an event has taken place.
Approved Applications:
If you are a crofter who has had an application approved by the Commission within the last 3 monthsPlease read this important information regarding effecting Commission regulatory decisions.
Site visits are still not possible until the government eases the current restrictions on movement. Similarly, no hearings will take place until public meetings (with appropriate social distancing) can take place.
Where possible you should continue to contact us by email info@crofting.gov.scot as although our reception line is operational it is not possible to transfer calls to staff who are working from home. However, staff will respond to any enquiries to our reception line by email.
November 2020.
