Crofters: Crofting Tenants & Owner/Occupiers
Are you a crofting tenant or an owner/occupier of croft land? If so Inksters can provide you with advice and assistance on any matter that may arise. Your relationship with your landlord or your legal position as an owner/occupier is governed by the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 and subsequent legislation. We can guide you through that legislation and what it means to you. Examples of where we can assist include:-
- You, as crofting tenant, exercising your right to buy the croft house and garden ground pertaining thereto.
- You, as crofting tenant, exercising your right to buy the whole croft.
- You, as crofting tenant, exercising your right to buy part of the croft for development purposes by you or your nominee.
- Decrofting through the Crofters Commission in connection with any of the situations listed above, or if you are an owner/occupier seeking to decroft land for a specific purpose.
- Questions concerning the conditions of lease, rent, compensation, boundaries, access, removal etc.
- Issues surrounding the common grazings and the granting of apportionments.
- Assigning or sub-letting your crofting tenancy to a third party.
- Development of croft land by your landlord. This will involve resumption through the Scottish Land Court and compensation payable to you on resumption. You may have good reason to object to the proposed development and seek to prevent it from proceeding.
- Sale of croft land by your landlord to third parties. Again, this will involve resumption through the Scottish Land Court and compensation payable to you on resumption. You may have good reason to object to the proposed sale and seek to prevent it from proceeding.
- Lease of croft land by your landlord to third parties for developments such as wind farming or mining operations. This could involve resumption through the Scottish Land Court but is perhaps now more likely to be dealt with as a ‘Scheme for Development’. There will, as part of this, be the issue of the compensation payable to you. You may have good reason to object to the proposed lease and seek to prevent it from proceeding.
For advice or assistance on any such crofting law matter contact Brian Inkster on 0141 229 0880 or send Brian an e-mail.