Telecoms Turbulence The Telecoms sector remains fraught. Site operators and infrastructure providers continue to take aggressive stances in their quest for new leases for existing masts at vastly reduced rents, through serving legal notices and threatening court action on landowners. The Court of Session (CoS) has now published its ruling on the appeal against the decision of the Lands […]
Author Archives: Davidson Robertson
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Jun
Jun
Forebank of Canterland Farm, Marykirk, Aberdeenshire Offers over £2.7m An impressive 290 acre arable farm in Aberdeenshire with commanding Grade A listed farmhouse overlooking River North Esk Newly launched to the open market by Davidson & Robertson is the impressive Forebank of Canterland farm at Marykirk. An arable farm extending to approximately 290 acres with […]
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Apr
Apr
D&R Land Agent Will Frazer gives an update on how the pandemic is affecting access to the countryside. The Corona Virus pandemic has had many unanticipated side effects. One of them is that the countryside has seen unprecedented pressure from increased access. A cocktail of lockdowns, the furlough scheme and the free time this affords […]
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Apr
Apr
Davidson & Robertson celebrate 130 years serving rural businesses … and Martin Hall celebrates 30 years at D&R too. Martin Hall grew up on a farm near Cockermouth, Cumbria and joined Davidson & Robertson in 1991 as an Assistant Surveyor. Progressing through the ranks, he became a Partner in 2000 and is now our Senior […]
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Apr
Apr
Relinquishment & Assignation of 1991 Act Tenancies New legislation set out under The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 came into force on 28 February 2021 and has sparked conversations amongst the tenanted sector. The legislation enables most tenants with a secure 91 Act tenancy to offer to relinquish their tenancy to their landlord. If the […]
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Apr
Apr
Despite the difficulties brought about by COVID-19 and the uncertainty over Brexit, forestry has remained strong, meaning it’s been a busy winter for the D&R forestry team; felling licences, harvesting, woodland creation applications, restocking, new tree planting and registering carbon projects. This winter we’ve harvested sites up to 20 hectares and planted sites up to […]
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Apr
Apr
The Telecoms sector remains fraught. Site operators and infrastructure providers continue to take aggressive stances in their quest for new leases for existing masts at vastly reduced rents, through serving legal notices and threatening court action on landowners. The recent DUNCAN case ruling has gone in favour of Scottish landowners but EE & H3G are […]
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Apr
Apr
The Energy sector is buoyant. Developers are hungry to acquire land rights to enable energy projects of various types across Scotland and Northern England. Wind and solar farms, energy storage and grid balancing sites are the headline developments on the menu and there is a plethora of development companies seeking to invest in this growth […]
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Apr
Apr
As a firm of rural surveyors and consultants with a Cumbrian base, Davidson & Robertson has been accepted onto the NFU support panel which offers assistance to its members. We will provide rural surveying advice to NFU ‘Farmer & Grower’ members in Cumbria from our Cockermouth office. The NFU CallFirst service enables members to access […]
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Mar
Mar
Congratulations to D&R’s Steph Adams It was announced at SAAVA’s AGM, Scotland’s valuation association, that Steph Adams, a Chartered Surveyor at Davidson & Robertson and farmer’s daughter from the Scottish Borders, has topped the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers’ (CAAV) exams in Scotland. Steph gained an honours degree in Rural Business Management from SRUC Edinburgh […]
