Crofters Commission New House Grants

[davie]

A question for those in the know on these things.
If I get full Grant to build a new house on the croft can I then immediately let it out or sell it on ?.

[Rheghead]

I'm not involved with anything like this but I found this.


9.—(1) Where a grant is paid under these Regulations in respect of any operation on a dwellinghouse, that dwellinghouse shall, unless the Scottish Ministers otherwise agree, be–

(a) occupied by the applicant or his family;
(b) maintained by the applicant, his family or his successors to the satisfaction of the Scottish Ministers; and
(c) kept insured against destruction or damage by fire for such sum and with such insurance company as the Scottish Ministers may from time to time approve, and the receipts for the premiums in respect of the renewal of insurance shall be exhibited to the Scottish Ministers on demand.
(2) The applicant who proposes to give up the tenancy of a croft shall inform the Scottish Ministers of that intention in writing and provide the name and address of any proposed new tenant.

(3) The applicant shall not let, sell or otherwise dispose of the croft, or the croft house site without the consent of the Scottish Ministers.

(4) The applicant shall permit any person duly authorised by the Scottish Ministers to enter and inspect any such dwellinghouse as referred to in paragraph (1) at all reasonable times for the purpose of ascertaining whether any provision of these Regulations, including conditions attached to the payment of grant applicable to the dwellinghouse, is being complied with and any person so authorised shall, if requested, produce a document showing his authority to do so.

(5) The Scottish Ministers may require the applicant to provide at such times as they may determine a certificate stating that the conditions of these Regulations are being complied with and to provide such other relevant information as they may require.

(6) These Regulations and the conditions attached to the payment of grant shall be observed in respect of the dwellinghouse–

(a) where a grant has been made for erection of a dwellinghouse, for a period of fifteen years;
(b) where a grant has been made for any of the operations specified in Schedule 1, other than the erection of a dwellinghouse, for a period of ten years.


http://www.oqps.gov.uk/legislation/ssi/ssi2006/ssi_20060214_en_1#pt2-l1g7

[bekisman]

I'm not stirring things (although Celtic and been here for 20 years) good luck to 'em

Tell me if I'm wrong, but crofters can rent the land at £3 an acre and can buy it for ten times the price (£30 an acre)? but they lose their grants after 7 years?.. if the crofters house is unfit to live in they get a £27,000 grant to build another one? and Crofters can site 6 mobile homes for six months upon their crofts without planning permission?...

Just wondering...

[spurtle]

15 times the annual rent and rent differs from croft to croft

[david]

A question for those in the know on these things.
If I get full Grant to build a new house on the croft can I then immediately let it out or sell it on ?.

Yes you can-however you would have to pay a huge porportion of the grant back if you did this within a 5 year period.

[dozy]

If you know of any crofts going drop me a PM please

[iain]

Theres one in the Courier out about Mey £120,000