NFU SCOTLAND’S Crown Estate tenants’ working group met this week to compile its submission to the Scottish Government consultation on the interim management of the estates.
The union, which last year brought together a working group comprising representatives from each of the four rural estates held within the portfolio, has expressed concerns about some parts of the portfolio being broken off, which it feels would be detrimental to the wider rural estate.
The decision to devolve the Crown Estate to Scotland came about following the Smith Commission report, with responsibility for the process falling to the Scottish Government.