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Crofting & Renewable Energy - Can They Work Together? - Learn Live

Length
2 hours
Next course start
29 January, 2025 (+2 start dates)
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom
Length
2 hours
Next course start
29 January, 2025 (+2 start dates)
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom

Course description

This virtual classroom seminar is suitable for those who act for landowners, crofters and developers looking to utilise croft land in connection with renewable energy projects.


The session will provide you with knowledge and practical examples of how renewable development can take place on croft land and the legal tests and processes that are required to be met before development can take place.


Join expert speaker Stephanie Hepburn as she discusses current crofting legislation and the provisions relevant to renewable development, plus the difference between crofts and common grazings. Methods by which renewable development may take place on croft land will be explored, including de-crofting, resumption, development schemes and more.

Upcoming start dates

Choose between 2 start dates

29 January, 2025

  • Virtual Classroom
  • Online
  • English

18 June, 2025

  • Virtual Classroom
  • Online
  • English

Outcome / Qualification etc.

Following all MBL courses, a certificate of attendance will be provided for those who are required to evidence their CPD activity to a professional body.

Training Course Content

Introduction

This new virtual classroom seminar is suitable for those who act for landowners, crofters and developers looking to utilise croft land in connection with renewable energy projects.

The session will provide you with knowledge and practical examples of how renewable development can take place on croft land and the legal tests and processes that are required to be met before development can take place.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

  • Current crofting legislation and the provisions relevant to renewable development
  • The difference between crofts and common grazings
  • The methods by which renewable development may take place on croft land, looking at:
    • De-crofting
    • Resumption
    • Schemes for development
    • Section 5(3) Agreements
    • Reserved rights
  • When and where each method may or may not be suitable
  • The process for seeking approval from the Land Court and when this is needed in a renewable context
  • Recent case law

Expenses

From £144
MBL Seminars Limited
C/o Law Business Research
Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn
WC1V 7QT London

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