Gaelic
Exchange of Croft Land
Tenant crofters can apply to the Commission to exchange croft land providing:
The croft land, and/or any grazing shares, they want to exchange have the same landlord, and the landlord of the crofts agrees to the exchange.
Delegated Decision Making Parameters
Exchange of croft land - Section 4A of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993
A straightforward approval can be made if:
- Both tenants are complying with their statutory duties relating to residence and land use.
- Demand has not been expressed for the tenancy of either croft
- There have been no objections
- The exchange will not create any access issues
- There are no concerns over the size and quality of either croft resulting from the exchange.
If any of these conditions are not met, the application will be escalated.
Please ensure you submit your Registers of Scotland (RoS) Registration Application form along with your application, if required.
Please note that when you are completing the Registration Application for RoS you are required to advise them of persons who own/occupy any adjacent croft or land, as our ROC is not mapped based the Commission cannot assist you with this information.
Exchange of Croft Land
Covid -19
The Commission is now accepting new applications, but as all staff continue to work from home and the office remains closed, these will be processed more slowly than usual. Any applications that relate to statutory deadlines, or which concern a Crofting Register form to notify the Commission that an event has taken place, will be given priority over other applications.
Where applications require a site visit, it will not be possible for any site visit to be carried out until the government eases the current restrictions on movement.Where any application involves a hearing, no hearings will take place until the current restrictions on movement are eased and the government has advised that public meetings (with appropriate physical distancing) can take 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.
You can continue to contact us by email info@crofting.gov.scot and although we are now in a position to deal with phone calls to our reception line, few staff have access to work phones to make return calls and therefore the service will be limited. We would therefore ask that you continue to contact us via email.
The Commission understands that this is a difficult time for all concerned, but we wish to reassure crofters and their agents that we will continue to work to restore normal levels of service. It is unlikely that this can be fully restored until the government permits offices to reopen and for various restrictions on movements and meetings to be eased.
20 May 2020.
