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MORE DETAIL TO COME ON ARM'S-LENGTH MANAGEMENT OF NEW BANDSTAND VENUE
Councillors yesterday took a first step towards transferring certain management functions in West Princes Street Gardens to an arms-length external organisation.
The second ‘Community Consultation Event’ showcasing plans for a new concert hall behind Dundas House was held on 15 March in RBS premises on St Andrew Square.
Caroline Roussot reports on The Impact Centre proposals for the Spurtle.
A significant milestone has been reached in drawing up the Final Business Case which councillors will use to decide whether or not to extend the tramway to Newhaven.
Four bidders (three of them joint ventures) have emerged from a ‘robust evaluation’ process and will now tender in mid-April for the Infrastructure and Systems contract to design and build the track, overhead line, stops, systems and road infrastructure and public realm.
The tendering process will last until late summer, and a decision on the Business Case will be taken in the autumn.
Residents on Perth Street and Henderson Row are objecting to a major new development by Edinburgh Academy (Ref. 18/0563/FUL; 18/0568/LBC).
The Academy means to extend its premises along the eastern boundary to the rear of the library and the Clerk Maxwell Science Centre.
This morning, four locals presented their case for the future of Drummond Community High School in front of the Education, Children and Families Committee.
The deputation to City Chambers comprised Madiha Choudhury and Mohshin Syed (S2 and S6 pupils at Drummond) plus David Sterratt and Rachel Guatelli (Chair of Drummond’s Parent Council and Vice-chair of Leith Walk Primary School Parent Council).
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at an off-licence in Brunswick Street on Sunday 4 March. What follows is a police press release issued this morning, which we produce unedited and in full.
The Oddbins store was targeted by a masked robber around 7.15 pm who forced a worker to open a safe at knife point.
He made off with the contents of the safe which amounted to a three-figure sum of cash.
Tesco Stores Ltd wants to extend its delivery hours at the Broughton Road store by two hours on a Sunday morning (Ref 18/00667/FUL).
Delivery hours here are currently controlled under the terms of Tesco’s earlier planning permssion (Ref. 09/00039/FUL) which restricts them to 7.30am–8pm (Mon.–Sat.), and 12pm–6pm (Sun.). The new Sunday start-time would be 10am.
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As you read this, thousands of specially designed snow-resistant Spurtles are already settling in drifts across Broughton and beyond.
The March issue comes packed with news of a storm, , tourists, a stubborn returner and questionable coffee.
We scale the heights of planning applications and plumb the depths of local pond life. We anticipate a new route across town without cars, celebrate karma on Regent Terrace, and pay homage to cures for flatulency and biliary obstructions nostalgically recalled on Broughton Street.
McEwan Fraser Legal seeks retrospective permission for nine advertisements outside its HQ at 130 East Claremont Street (Ref. 18/00354/ADV).
These consist of: