It is not very many months ago that residents associations, community councils and other civic observers complained of being swamped by the volume of applications over which they had to maintain scrutiny.
This week, however, in those Broughton areas of interest to the Spurtle in 4 City wards (Inverleith, City Centre, Leith Walk, Leith Central), there were no planning applications and no planning decisions made.
It's quiet out there ... too quiet.