History / Environment/ Planning

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. 

The Cockburn Association 1875–2049

Councillors have refused planning consent for the proposal  by CSG Projects Ltd to build a 5-bedroom family home on Blenheim Place (

INDEPENDENT REPORT IDENTIFIES 'SIGNIFICANT' ADVERSE EFFECTS

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.