Scots to tighten up on unused crofts
25 November 1998
Scots to tighten up on unused crofts
THE new Scottish Parliament plans to take a tough line with crofters who fail to use their land.
The Parliament will act on a Crofters Commission recommendation that crofters should be forced to sub-let if their properties become derelict.
Some 40% of the estimated 17,000 crofts in the Scottish Highlands and Islands are said to be under-used. About 10% are owned or tenanted by absentees.
The commissions proposals include rules governing the succession to tenancies and also measures to ensure local people can afford to buy properties.
- Scottish crofters call for Government help, FWi, 04 November, 1998
- The Scotsman 25/11/98 page 10
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