Author Archives: Davidson Robertson

130 year anniversary celebrated with 130 mile walks

D&R Team challenge - Scotland

To mark 130 years as rural surveyors, two teams from Davidson & Robertson journeyed 130 miles across Scotland and Northern England. It was a chance to reconnect with colleagues and an opportunity for the many new faces to meet the rest of the team. The northern and southern teams each chose their own routes: Bo’ness […]

Voluntary Registration – is it worth it?

Land in Scotland

Registration of title in the Land Register is now compulsory for all land sold in Scotland and the Scottish Government want all Scottish land to be registered by 2024. The majority of Scotland’s land has never been registered or still remains in the Sasine Register, with rural properties representing a very high proportion of unregistered land […]

Forebank of Canterland – the Legacy

Forebank of Canterland sold by D&R

Over the course of 2021, the sale of Forebank of Canterland has been a hugely rewarding experience for George Hipwell, Director and Head of Rural & Agency, and fellow Director Lewis Anderson of the Aberdeen office. The farm, which centred around an imposing Grade A listed farmhouse, extensive traditional steading and 290 acres of mainly […]

A66 Northern Trans-Pennine improvements update

Back in 2020, it was confirmed that the A66 is to be improved between Scotch Corner and Penrith The A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project covers the length of the A66 between the M6 junction 40 at Penrith to the A1(M) junction 53 at Scotch Corner, which is approximately 50 miles long. The project involves dualling the […]

Stuart Lobb joins Davidson & Robertson team 

Davidson & Robertson (D&R), the rural surveyors and consultants with offices across Scotland and Northern England, have strenghtened their Utilities, Energy and Infrastructure team with the appointment of Stuart Lobb as Associate Director.  Stuart joins D&R with some 19 years post qualification experience and is knowledgeable of both the English and Scottish property legal systems having worked throughout the UK. With a multi-disciplinary background in commercial and residential development, asset management and professional services, Stuart joins the […]

Cumbria Farmer Award presentation

Martin Hall presents Farmer Award

  D&R sponsor Cumbria Farmer Awards and see the finest of Cumbria’s farming community gather in celebration Around 220 farmers, industry professionals and local dignitaries, celebrated the winners of the inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards 2021 at a farming focused celebration held at The Greenhill Hotel, near Wigton on Friday night (1st October). The ceremony, which […]

Cumbria Farmer Awards

D&R are very proud to be sponsoring the ‘Supplier of the Year’ category at the inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards which are taking place on Friday 1st October at the Greenhill Hotel, Wigton.   Congratulations in particular to the 3 finalists of this category: Aspatria Farmers Lely Center Longtown Carrs Billington Best of luck to all […]