Once you’ve completed your application form and created your plan, you're ready to submit your application.
You should include:
- a completed Crofting Commission payment form (.doc, 34KB)
- a cheque for £90 to cover the cost of registration
Send your application to the Crofting Commission at:
Great Glen House
Leachkin Rd
Inverness
IV3 8NW
The Crofting Commission will check the application and fee. If content, they’ll scan the application and send it on to us.
If the commission believes there’s a fault with the application, they’ll return the application to you for amendment.
We aim to process applications for the Crofting Register within three days of receipt.
Once complete, we’ll send you a registration schedule by post or email. This will show the extent of your croft or common grazing and other relevant information.
Your registered croft will be visible on the Crofting Register the day after we complete your registration.
The register will show:
- the extent of the croft on a map
- name and designation of any tenant
- owner-occupier crofter
- landlord or owner of the croft
Provide public notice
Once you register your croft, the Crofting Commission will inform you that you have to provide public notice of a first registration.
You must provide notice by:
- placing an advertisement for two consecutive weeks in a local newspaper
- affixing a conspicuous notice in the prescribed form to part of your croft
Example of an appropriate public notice
[info-alert]You only need to provide public notice if your croft or common grazing has been registered for the first time.
Challenges and rectification
You can challenge an entry in the Crofting Register within nine months of its registration.
Raise a challenge by applying to the Scottish Land Court. If your challenge is successful, the court will order us to rectify the Crofting Register.
A successful challenge to an entry in the Crofting Register will not affect the entry in the Land Register of Scotland.
If you wish to alter the registration in the land register, all parties concerned must agree to some form of remedial conveyancing.
We don’t handle disputes over crofting land. We will simply reflect the application that has been submitted via the Crofting Commission.