and promotes the interests of crofting in Scotland
to secure the future of crofting.
FOI Request: 125602
Received: 28 September 2023
Division: Serving Crofting
Status: Completed
Provide copies of all applications and identities of individuals who are or have sought from the Commission: ‘Use of Common Grazing for other purposes’ (Section 50B(I) of The Act). All correspondence, identifying Author, position, organisation and interest in the Arivegaig Common Grazings - information to include: The nature of proposals; The proposed application of costs; the effect on the current use of the Grazings; The effect on Souming; receipt of any proposal; Minutes of meeting of Arivegaig Grazing Committee including identities of Shareholders present; Receipt of registered post to all Shareholders and Shielbridge Estate/Trustees (Section 50B (4)(a)(ii) of The Act); Evidence of Public notification of this meeting (Section 50B (4)(a) of The Act); Evidence of Proxy notification of this meeting (Section 50B (5) of The Act); written views by Shielbridge Estate (Section 50B (4)(b)(i,ii) of The Act); Evidence of any such vote, date, identities of Shareholders and application to the Commission seeking approval for its implementation (Section 48 (2) of The Act); Response, if any, from Shielbridge Estate to the Arivegaig Grazing Committee pertaining to the acceptance, rejection and comments; Details of: number of Shareholders present at the meeting; The number of votes cast (including proxy or postal votes giving the number of votes for and against the proposal); The number of Shareholders attending but abstaining from the Vote (Section 50B (4)(f) of The Act).
Decision: Refuse 02 October 2023
Under Section S17 of FOISA this information is not held by the Crofting Commission.
