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NO PROGRESS ON DAILY TRIPS
Reader Shaun Hodge has contacted us with a story of bureaucratic confusion and departmental inefficiency. It would be laughable if there weren't a real threat here to pedestrian safety.
YOUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL WANTS YOU!
Peter Williamson, current Chair of the New Town & Broughton Community Council, has provided a short updated piece which may be of interest to many Spurtle readers.
17 FEBRUARY
Welcome to Edinburgh.
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CALTON HILL YESTERDAY
Cold but companionable.
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PRINCES STREET
The high life. Photographed at lunchtime today.
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SLOW PROGRESS ON CLADDING
The Housing (Cladding Remediation) Scotland Act 2024 was passed in May last year and came into force on 6 Jan 2025. It allows Ministers to assess and fix buildings ‘within scope’, and to evacuate buildings if necessary.
ISSUE 347 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!
As you read this, advance copies of the February Spurtle are already appearing across Broughton like buses whispering over setted potholes in the small hours of the night.
NEW DRAFT GUIDANCE ON PURPOSE-BUILT STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
Yesterday, councillors on the Planning Committee voted to take forward draft non-statutory guidance on purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) for public consultation.