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The Crofting Commission is reminding crofters to complete and return their Crofting Census forms, if they have not already done so.  The completion deadline for the Census was on Friday…

The Crofting Commission is urging crofters to complete and return their Crofting Census forms before the completion deadline on Friday 16 January 2015.   The Crofting Commission has undertaken an…

This week the Scottish Government launched a consultation on their Croft House Grant Scheme (CHGS). The scheme provides financial assistance for the improvement and maintenance of crofter housing with the…

On the 26 November 2014, the First Minister, as part of the Programme for Government, announced plans to introduce a radical Land Reform Bill – consulting on proposals designed to…

SGRPID recently wrote to all farmers and crofters with regards to the classification of their land under the new CAP. It is important that these letters are read fully, if…

The Crofting Commission is holding their second Assessor seminar on the 19 and 20 November 2014. Attendance at this year’s gathering in Inverness will top the 100 mark, with a…

At the end of October the Crofting Commission undertook an unprecedented data gathering exercise across the crofting community with over 18,000 Crofting Census forms sent out.  Crofters are legally obliged…

The Crofting Commission is carrying out an unprecedented data gathering exercise across the crofting community. Following the implementation of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, the Crofting Commission has a…

The Crofting Commission is marking two significant milestones in the registration of crofts and common grazings. The Commission has received the first full registration for all common grazings within a…

A rural Scotland that is sustainable, outward looking and dynamic – with a diverse economy and active communities, where rural prosperity can increase in ways that make best use of…