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SPACE NOT RIGHT FOR NEW TOWN TARDISES – PLANNING UPDATE (12.3.13)

Planning consent has been refused for the insertion of two refurbished police boxes for use as coffee kiosks on North Castle Street and Hanover…
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FRESH DOUBTS ON DRUMMOND GARDEN OPENNESS

New doubts regarding fairness, openness and administrative competence have surfaced in relation to granting wider access to Drummond Place Garden (…
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CARS NOT HOMES FOR LOGIE GREEN ROAD

A seemingly mundane planning proposal for land between Logie Green Road and Beaverbank Place is not so mundane after all.In the fine print, it…
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MARBLED CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE

For my final Spurtle recipe, I’m going back to one of my favourite Broughton Street retailers: Coco Chocolate. I have been in love with their 72%…
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DRUMMOND GARDEN STUSHIE RUMBLES ON

Since Spurtle published Bill Giles’s response to our piece in Issue 215 (Breaking news, 28.2.13), we have  been contacted separately by two past…
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GREAT TRAM JOURNEYS OF THE WORLD – EDINBURGH AIRPORT TO GOGAR

Love them or loathe them, Edinburgh's trams have just come a big step closer.Contractors today handed over nearly 3km of completed and tested track…
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ROCHEID PATH VOLUNTEERS – NEXT ACTION DAY ANNOUNCED

Spirits buoyed by the lovely spring-like weather, Friends of the Rocheid Path made great progress last weekend and successfully brought order to a…
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BEAVERHALL ROAD SCHEME IS FINALLY APPROVED

The application for a residential and commercial development at 14, 16, 20, 24, 26 Beaverhall Road has at last received full planning consent (Ref.…
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TESCO PLANS NEW SIGNAGE – HAVE THEY LOST THE PLACE?

A migraine-inducing blizzard of new illuminated and non-illuminated signs is planned by Tesco Stores Ltd for the branch at 7 Broughton Road (Ref. 13/…
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COMPASSIONATE AND NON-JUDGEMENTAL – NEW WORKS BY AUDREY GRANT

There has been a distinct buzz surrounding the solo exhibition of new works by Audrey Grant at Broughton Street's Union Gallery.Even before the doors…
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