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'WEIRD UNCLE' SEEKS MAKEOVER – PLANNING UPDATE (31.1.2012)

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C.C. Blooms – the popular club at 23–4 Greenside Place next to the Playhouse – has applied for listed building consent to replace details of its fascia (Ref. 12/00172/LBC).

The firm wants to instal new, internally lit sign and menu boxes, and to substitute new lettering in a less bulky style to achieve a 'more tasteful effect'.

In 2010, the club was memorably described in the Edinburgh Spotlight as 'the weird uncle of the Edinburgh gay scene: it’s old, creepy and embarrassing, but you wouldn’t want rid of it altogether'.

No doubt it is already much improved since then.

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Avis Budget EMEA Ltd has applied for a certificate of lawfulness to cover an extension of their lease at 24 East London Street until the end of November 2012 (Ref. 12/00120/CLE).

The owner of the property, which has been run by AVIS as a car hire business since 1984, is Lothian Buses

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[img_assist|nid=2654|title=|desc=|link=node|align=right|width=200|height=163]NCP Carparks has applied for permission to run a weekly Sunday car boot sale at 24 Greenside Row (Level 4) from 9am–1pm, and on certain Saturdays (9am–1pm) from September to December (Ref. 11/03658/FUL).

Perhaps NCP staff have been affected by so many bargain-hunters on the premises over recent years. City officials initially refused to handle the application until £210 in application and advertisement fees was paid.

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A substantial internal refurbishment of offices at 90a George Street is unlikely to concern or upset most Spurtle readers (Ref. 12/00073/LBC).

However, they may be interested to learn that the Category A-listed building (which runs through to 78 Rose Street ) is owned by the BBC Pension Fund.

The building is currently home to the Edinburgh Soiicitors Property Centre and the Sunday Mail, among others.