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Crofting Commission to step up its Duties work.
At its Board meeting today, the Crofting Commissioners agreed the recommendations from a short term working group on crofting Duties. The recommendations agreed by Commissioners are: The Residency and Land…
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Applications invited for Crofting Commission Jobs in the Western Isles
In July this year we announced that additional funding provided by Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism, would allow us to establish four permanent new posts in…
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Do we have your current address?
At the end of October we will be extracting the data from the Register of Crofts to issue the 2020 Crofting Census, so remember it is your responsibility to make…
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Our policy on subletting and short term lets has changed
Important Information Our policy on subletting and short term lets by non-resident crofters has changed and as a result the Commission will normally restrict applications from non-resident crofters to five…
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It’s competition time
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION It’s competition time again and your change to win a £25 Amazon voucher. The competition is open to anyone aged 16yrs or under. The categories are: • Livestock…
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Additional funding will create jobs in the Western Isles
Crofting Commission Convener Rod Mackenzie said: “This is an important day for crofting and its future and we thank Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism, for his…
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Crofting Commissioners limit their travel
Crofting Commissioners will limit their travel to Inverness this week by telephoning into their Board Meeting that will be held on Thursday 19 March 2020. At this point in time the…
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Crofting Census
Only a week since the Crofting Census forms were issued and already we’ve had over 330 completed online and just over 1,000 hard copy returns. Our Convener, Rod Mackenzie has…
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Decrofting Directions have been added to our ROC Online
As of today entries in the ROC Online will hold details of historic decrofting Directions that have been issued in respect of the crofts. Historic in this case means all…
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Want to learn more about our Regulatory Application Process?
In order to give people a better understanding of the process and timescales involved for dealing with regulatory applications we have added information to this website www.crofting.scotland.gov.uk/forms-and-guidance which explains the…