REGISTRATION OF COMMON GRAZINGS AND LAND HELD

RUNRIGTORBRECK COMMON GRAZINGS

OVERVIEW

New Crofting Register

Stakeholder’s roles & responsibilities

Registration process

Progress

CROFTING REGISTER

The Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 requires the establishment and maintenance of a public Register containing crofts, common grazings and land held runrig.

The new Crofting Register will be held by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland (RoS).

Crofting Register open November 2012

STAKEHOLDERS ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

SCOTTISH MINISTERS Scottish Ministers have undertaken to meet the costs of first

registration of common grazings and land held runrig

CROFTING COMMISSION Responsible for the issuing and the submitting of registration

applications for common grazings and land held runrig

RoS Keeper of the new Crofting Register

SHAREHOLDERS/GRAZING COMMITTEES Agreement of common grazing boundaries and

shareholders.

STAKEHOLDERS ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

OWNERSCommon grazing boundary and shareholders agreement

SGRPIDProvision of FIS mapping data on common grazingsProvision of information in relation to common grazings

owned by the Scottish Ministers

SLC Provision of resumptions plans

REGISTRATION PROCESS

1. AWARENESS LETTER

Grazing Committees, shareholders, owners, Area Assessor and SGRPID area office

2. REGISTRATION PACKS

Grazing clerk/shareholders and owner

3. REGISTRATION SUBMISSION

Crofting Commission submit registration application to RoS

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REGISTRATION PROCESS

4. ROS ISSUE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

• Commission issue neighbour notification

5. REGISTRATION OPEN TO CHALLENGE

• 9 month challenge period to (Scottish Land Court)

6. REGISTRATION

PROGRESS

PILOT AREA

Rogart parish, Sutherland

NEXT PARISHES

Kilmuir, Skye

Sandsting, Delting, Walls, Nesting and Aithsting, Shetland

REGISTRATION TEAM

Project Manager - Simon Allison

GIS - Miles Davies

GIS - Heather Channon -Registration support - Louise Mackenzie