Capital best at preserving historic buildings

Edinburgh is the best performing of the four major cities in Scotland when it comes to looking after its historic buildings, with the lowest percentage of Category A-listed buildings at risk.

New figures show there are 24 Category A-listed buildings in the Capital on the Buildings at Risk Register.

This is a reduction of five buildings, which equals 2.6 per cent of all Category A-listed buildings in the city, down from the three per cent figure in 2009. Figures for the other three cities are: Glasgow 16.6 per cent, Aberdeen 30.8 per cent and Dundee 20.7 per cent.

Councillor Jim Lowrie, the city’s planning leader, said: “We take a proactive approach to buildings that are in a clearly deteriorating condition resulting in a number of buildings being made wind and watertight.

“We will continue to work hard to be the best-performing council and to facilitate the restoration and reuse of priority buildings.”