The future of Edinburgh Bus Station is hanging in the balance as its owners could attempt to redevelop the city centre site, it is understood. The council has been told its lease of the station in St Andrew Square will not be renewed beyond 2027 and currently has no replacement identified, according to sources. Transport convener Scott Arthur said be was “disappointed that such a modern and well-used piece of Edinburgh’s sustainable transport infrastructure may be lost”. Cllr Arthur said...
The former headquarters of the British Army in Scotland at Craigiehall, outside Edinburgh, has been sold to developers. The sale involves two separate companies - the William Pears Group, which is buying 78 former Ministry of Defence houses for refurbishment; and Miller Developments, which is acquiring the rest of the 96-acre site for future redevelopment. The site, located on the north-west fringe of the city, off the A90 and close to Cammo, Cramond and Dalmeny, is in the greenbelt, and...
Edinburgh residents will be denied the opportunity to voice their opinions on controversial plans for new student flats in a public meeting, after the council failed to determine the application in time. The 138-bed crescent-style block on the corner of Willowbrae Road and Northfield Drive will now be decided directly by a Scottish Government planning reporter. A local councillor called it “outrageous” that locals “won’t get to make their case against this development in a formal public forum”....
Developers have cut the height of a massive block of flats planned for Sheffield city centre due to rising costs - but the number of ‘rental units’ is virtually unchanged. CODE Sheffield, on a plot bounded by Wellington, Rockingham and Trafalgar streets, will be 32 floors, if approved. It was originally proposed at 38 floors - when it would have been Yorkshire’s tallest building. The total number of flats has fallen from 1,235 to 1,015. But the number of ‘rental units’ is down by just 10, to...
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A revised full planning application and a listed building consent application have been lodged for the former Royal High School building, to form new premises for the National Centre for Music. The plans include music rehearsal and performance spaces, licensed café/restaurant and bar facilities, offices, internal and external alterations and landscaping, at 5-7 Regent Road, Edinburgh. The main change to the original approved plans for the category A-listed site are that there will no longer be...
Two planning applications have been lodged for a major new housing development at a derelict site in Edinburgh which could transform the local area. Cruden Building, on behalf of City Of Edinburgh Council, has applied to build 125 affordable flats and 106 flats and townhouses at a derelict site at Broughton Road in two separate planning applications. There is a proposed residential development comprising 106 flats and townhouses with associated roads, parking, and greenspace to the west of the...
Liz Truss is back – kind of. The former PM of just 49 days has published a book, Ten Years to Save the West. The Guardian’s political correspondent Eleni Courea and breaking news correspondent Martin Pengelly discuss her seeming lack of regretDespite just 49 days in office during which the British pound reached an all-time low against the dollar in reaction to Liz Truss’s mini-budget, Truss remains defiant and has published her views on how to “save the west” in a book.Today in Focus host Helen...
About 7 million New Yorkers plan to leave the state, a new survey revealed this month.In a new Marist poll, 37 percent of New Yorkers—roughly 7 million people—said they plan to move away. The number was slightly more concentrated among Republicans, as 46 percent said they plan to leave the state compared to just 29 percent of Democrats.: How to Sell Your HomeThe mass migration echoes a trend that gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued in the years that followed as Northerners...
The council says it needs to change the way the 800 year long market operates
The Citizens, who will begin the new campaign in Scottish football's fourth tier following their confirmed relegation last month, face Stirling Albion at Meadowbank tomorrow before a trip to Cove Rangers next weekend brings down the curtain on a turbulent 2023/24. City were were deducted six points in January for failing to pay their players on time and also faced a winding up order over an unpaid tax bill. Only two from a squad of 22 remained while the rest departed for pastures new. And...
Soldier Field opened in 2003 but would be torn down with the old colonnades