Development Management Committee meets today
Councillors on the Development Management Committee will convene at 10am to discuss several planning applications.
- Today these include:
- advance notification of a purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) development at 595 and 597 Calder Road, Sighthill,
- advance notification of the plans to build the new Edinburgh Arena at Lochside Court Edinburgh Park
- demolition of a bungalow on Colinton Road to be replaced by a four storey flatted development with six flats
- Plans to put a modular single storey building next to Colinton Primary School to be used as a commercial kitchen, toilet, stores and office
- Tree preservation order at Foxhall Gait
- Work at 221B St John’s Road to remove some telecommunications towers and cabinets and replacement of these with new
- Two hearings about 98 Ocean Drive where mixed use developments are planned including residential units and a panel court, public realm and. landscaping. These are both recommended for approval.
St Giles’ Cathedral is 900 years old
The 900th anniversary of the founding of St Giles’ Cathedral takes place this year.
Edinburgh Central Library are staging a display in their Edinburgh and Scottish Collection which highlights the architecture and history of the building. There is a pencil sketch of the High Kirk by J.M.W. Turner(!775-1851) – yes that is the same Turner whose work is exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy during January – as well as others which you can see on the Capital Collections website run by the library and which you can access here.
These are photos taken by the architect Dr Thomas Ross who had a strong connection to St Giles’ through his work as assistant to architect David MacGibbon. Along with McGibbon he sketched buildings all over Scotland and the pair published The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland a three set volume published in 1896-7. In volume 2 of that set a large section is devoted to St Giles’ with plans, drawings, details of stone carvings and a detailed history.
Capital Collections states: “In 1889, MacGibbon and Ross carried out work on St Giles Cathedral related to the Memorial chapel to Dr Chambers and a tracery in window of St John’s Chapel. In 1891, the practice worked on the Ladies’ vestry in the choir. However, when funds were allocated for the building of a new Order of the Thistle Chapel at St Giles, although Thomas Ross had had a consultation role in the process to find a new home for the Order of the Thistle, it was Robert Lorimer appointed as architect. You can see a sketch by Thomas Ross of a ‘Proposed Chapel of Knights of the Thistle, St Giles Cathedral’ within this exhibition.
“Thomas Ross died on 4 December 1930 in Edinburgh at the age of 91. He was until his death an elder at St Giles. One of his last pieces of literary work was to write a series of historical papers on St Giles. He also maintained on behalf of the Kirk Session, a record of all references to St Giles found in books, newspapers and magazines.”
Artists’ Bookmarket and Edinburgh Zine Festival 2024
On 10 and 11 February 2024 at Fruitmarket from 11am–6pm. Free.
Artists’ Bookmarket is Edinburgh’s annual celebration of artists’ book culture and is held for the third year in tandem with Edinburgh Zine Library who will be bringing their Zine Festival to Fruitmarket’s Warehouse space. As usual, the event runs over two busy weekend days with stalls laid out to showcase a wide array of work. Artists’ Bookmarket is complemented by a busy events and workshops programme. Visitors come from across Scotland and beyond to make this date with artists’ books and artist-led as well as DIY self-publishing.
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