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  1. Crofting Commission launch new application forms

    The Crofting Commission is launching new application forms and information leaflets to help crofters understand crofting regulation.   The Commission is asking for more detailed information from crofters in their…

  2. 1000th croft registered

    1,000th croft registered A croft on the Isle of Lewis has become the 1,000th croft to be registered on the online Crofting Register. The Barvas croft was registered yesterday by…

  3. Crofting Commission to visit Ullapool

    The Crofting Commission will be visiting Ullapool from 24 to 25 March for their board meeting and to meet a range of crofting stakeholders.  In the afternoon of Tuesday 24…

  4. Crofting Commission thanks crofters for completing the first Crofting Census

    The Crofting Commission has praised crofters for completing and returning the first Crofting Census forms.   In October last year the Crofting Commission undertook an unprecedented data gathering exercise across…

  5. Commission withdraw Land Court appeal

    The Crofting Commission today confirmed that it has withdrawn its appeal to the Court of Session in connection with the Scottish Land Court’s decision of 18 December 2014 in the…

  6. Counting the Contribution to Crofting

    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…

  7. Commission urges Crofters to complete Census before deadline

    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…

  8. Crofting Commission welcomes Croft House Grant Scheme Consultation

    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…

  9. Crofting Commissioner welcomes First Ministers proposed Land Reform

    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…

  10. Important Land Classification Information

    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…

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