Last night in the City Chambers, the Cockburn Association celebrated its first 150 years of campaigning to preserve and enhance the best of the capital's built and natural environments.
Members, supporters, local politicians and other interested invitees gathered to hobnob, listen to 3 speakers, and turn burgundy-red in the maroon glow of overly generous Edinburgh Council central heating.
This attractive book has been published to mark the first 150 years of campaigns by the Cockburn Association.
Councillors have refused planning consent for the proposal by CSG Projects Ltd to build a 5-bedroom family home on Blenheim Place (24/01889/FUL).
They said the proposal would have a detrimental impact on the character and appearance of the site and would disrupt key views in the New Town Conservation Area.
Last year, the New Town & Broughton Community Council along with relevant residents associations commissioned an independent Heritage Impact Assessment looking at the likely effects on the Edinburgh World Heritage Site of Council plans for bin-hubs.
That report, which also looks at the Council's proposed mitigative measures, has now been finished. It is available at the foot of this page.
The New Town & Broughton Community Council has identified aspects of continued and worsening deficiency in how Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site is managed.
The findings appeared in NTBCC’s detailed response to a consultation on the next 5-year WHS management plan conducted by the Council, Historic Environment Scotland and Edinburgh World Heritage.
Hello Spurtle Readers,
We are a group of university students pursuing an MSc in Architectural Conservation at the University of Edinburgh.
Since last semester we have been taking a course on Urban Conservation, and as a part of our Urban Conservation coursework we are analysing the area of Bellevue Crescent, for which we require your help.