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    2. Does an owner-occupier crofter for division purposes include the croft house site and garden ground?

    Does an owner-occupier crofter for division purposes include the croft house site and garden ground?

    Karen Macrae | 12 May 2025

    Yes, under Section 19D the owner-occupier crofter would have to apply for the Commission’s consent to divide the croft into the part he/she wishes to retain and the house site and garden ground area he/she wished to sell/transfer, unless he/she had previously decrofted the house site and garden ground.

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