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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Crofting Commission has created a new set of guidance for Common Grazings Committees.  The Guidance is intended to assist Grazings Committees with their responsibilities to maintain and improve common…

The 2018 Crofting Census will be issued on 7 January 2019. The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 stipulates all crofting tenants and owner-occupier crofters have a legal obligation to complete and…

At last week’s Black Isle Show it was announced that the Crofting Commission and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HiE) would have a closer working relationship in order to further support…

A new piece of research, Support for Crofting, has today been published by the Crofting Commission. The research was commissioned by the Commission earlier in the year and was prepared…

Have you acquired croft land? Have you informed the Crofting Commission you are the new owner of the land?  If not, you could be losing out on vital information about…