Saturday 8 August 2020

Questions submitted for next full council on crofting

 1) Can you advise what Comhairle policy is with regard to croft tenancies as statutory conditions regulated private heritable tenancy agreements between individuals and their landlord?


2) Can you advise what Comhairle policy is with regard to the permanent improvements to land belonging to the landlord on land covered by the statutory servitude of crofting tenure whereby the permanent improvements belong to the landlord but are in heritable tenancy to the tenant?

3)Can you advise what Comhairle policy Is to crofter intestacy, bequest of croft, the confirmation of the Comhairle as executor whilst seeking to be the principal beneficiary, and regard given to or disregard to Court Ruling in matters of guardianship and power of attorney?

4) Can you advise what Comhairle policy Is whereby the statutory provisions of the Crofter (Scotland) Act 1993 as amended by the Crofting Reform etc Act 2007, the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 and the Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013 are used for the current practice of selling permanent improvements to croft land and taking monies for assignation of crofts?

5) Can you advise the number of permanent improvements that have been affected by this Comhairle per year since commencement of the current policy, and the amount of money ingathered by the Comhairle per year since the commencement of this current policy?

6) can you advise the number of cases currently operational concerning the Comhairle recovering monies from assignation of tenancies, selling off permanent improvements belonging to third parties, and, the cases where the Comhairle seeks to be appointed executor of legacies in cases of intestate estate of deceased crofters with a view to being beneficiary, and, the number of cases where the Comhairle is the Care Guardian and Financial Guardian?