Tag: Planning
Call for reinstatement of Southside Community Council
Cllr Jim Orr, the only Independent councillor on The City of Edinburgh Council submitted a petition to the council to re-establish a Southside Community Council (SCC).
Cllr Orr told The Edinburgh Reporter: “The Southside has not had a...
Plans for the Royal High School on public view today
The development of the former Royal High School building on Regent Road has attracted much comment in Edinburgh and today is your final chance to go and see the public exhibition of the proposals...
Kyloe Cow must go
Contributed article
May 14th 2014 will be a day to remember as the City of Edinburgh Council donned their black hats and voted 8-5 to banish Kyloe Cow from his West End window.
The council said...
Council gives £150m Caltongate development thumbs up
The council's Development Management Committee decided to approve the £150m planning application to redevelop the gap site at Caltongate on Wednesday morning, despite vocal objections from local residents. The public gallery was full to...
VIDEO – Council approve development at Caltongate
The council's Development Management Sub Committee approved Revived plans to develop a gap site in Edinburgh’s city centre at a meeting earlier today. There was a demonstration outside and the public gallery was full to...
Council hearing on proposals for Caltongate development
There is to be a hearing on the plans for redevelopment of the Caltongate site this morning at the City Chambers beginning at 10.00am. The running order for the meeting is reproduced below.The council...
Council approves 220 homes on greenfield site
The council's Development Management Sub-Committee has approved planning permission for 220 homes on a greenfield site at Newcraighall Road previously the subject of a Court of Session action. The court decided that the proposed...
Planners to investigate Princes Street store
There has been much Twitter debate about the new American style candy store which appeared recently on Princes Street on the site of the former Clark's shoe shop. The chat is not about the...
Council plan to make Pilrig a conservation area
The council is to designate Pilrig as a conservation area based on findings from its recent consultation.
This means that any planning applications in the area will be subject to stricter control and may take...
Craighouse public meeting questions finances
by Tom McCallum
The financial case for building new houses on the site of the Edinburgh Napier University at Craighouse came under attack on Friday evening, as campaigners said that they still fail to get...
Council hopes to preserve Edinburgh Colonies for the future
Next week's planning committee will hear the result of the consultation undertaken earlier this year about our unique sets of colony houses in Edinburgh. These 19th century rows of workers' houses constructed by the...
Craigmillar Library site
Submitted by james milligan
There is a plan being or which has been made behind the backs of the people of Craigmillar & Niddrie.
There's a plan to build a mosque on the site of the old...
Craighouse plans submitted to council this week
The Craighouse Partnership has submitted its planning application for the 51 acre campus site to The City of Edinburgh Council this week.
The developers claim that the plans for the site will deliver high quality...
Olympic Rings get the go ahead on The Mound
This morning's Economic Development committee has give the approval to three key sites in the city this morning, but the one which will be most visible will be the five metre high Olympic Rings...
Craighouse Campus plans go on display
The Craighouse Partnership has announced they will be holding three days of public consultations in venues close to the site, to allow the public to come and view their revised proposals to restore the...
Pick of the weekly Planning Applications
The weekly list of planning applications for the week beginning 9 January is now available online on the council planning portal. We have had a look and here are some of the more interesting...
Midlothian approve plans for waste treatment facility
The Midlothian Council Planning Committee today unanimously granted planning permission in principle for modern, efficient waste treatment facilities to be constructed near the site of the old rail marshalling yards in Millerhill.
Zero Waste: Edinburgh...
Time to Comment on the Local Development Plan
The City of Edinburgh Council is asking the public a range of questions to help shape the future development of the capital.
Their views will help guide the Local Development Plan (LDP), a 10 year strategy that...
Council sets deadline for Royal High
The Council's Finance Committee agreed this morning to allow the developer DHP until the end of December to enter into a legal agreement to develop the former Royal High School building on Calton Hill....
Public meeting tonight about development at Fort Street
There is a public meeting at Leith Town Hall tonight about the re-development of the site at 30 Fort Street/Graham Street from 6-9pm. The public meeting will then continue on Saturday 15 October 2011...
Development Management Sub-Committee meeting 6 July 2011
The Development Management Sub-Committee of The City of Edinburgh Council is meeting this Wednesday to discuss eleven applications, all of which, without exception, have been recommended for approval.
There are two applications for presentation:- a...
You can still help to Save the Forest
The Forest is asking its friends and supporters to object to the proposed alterations to their current premises in Bristo Place. While the self-sufficient arts centre is looking for a new home,...
Development Management Sub-Committee meeting 25 May 2011
The Development Management Sub Committee meets this Wednesday. The agenda is below.
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Edinburgh’s Post-War Architecture to be celebrated in new book
The Forth Road Bridge, the Scottish Widows Head Office Building and the Royal Botanic Gardens Greenhouse are all to be featured in a new book celebrating Edinburgh’s post-war architecture.
The publication, which is a joint...
Fountain Brewery plans granted as Odeon case postponed
At yesterday's Development Management Sub-Committee meeting, the focus was very much on the proposals for the site at Fountain Brewery, as, much to the disappointment of the majority of the gallery and the councillors,...
Council planning review body
The Council Planning Local Review Body met yesterday to discuss three planning applications, as mentioned earlier.
The first application concerning the farmhouse in Newbridge (item 4.1 of the agenda) initially failed to provide any justification of any reason for the...
Development Management Sub-Committee meeting 11 May 2011
Some weighty matters on the agenda at the Development Management Sub-Committee meeting this morning at the City Chambers. , including a decision on the the future of the Fountain Brewery where an application...
Planning Local Review Body Meeting today
This morning The City of Edinburgh Planning Local Review Body are to meet in the City Chambers at 9.00am. The agenda is below
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The first item under scrutiny is the continued case of a farmhouse...
Development Management Sub-Committee 27 April 2011
Here is the agenda for the meeting and it includes some meaty topics, not the least of which is the Royal Highland Centre and also Cairntows Park, Craigmillar which we told you about last...
Meeting of the Planning Local Review Body 30 March 2011
The Planning Local Review Body meets this morning at the City Chambers at 10.00am.
You can see the agenda and all reports on the Council website.
One of the properties to come before the meeting...
