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DEVELOPERS SEEK TO PROGRESS WITH SCALED-DOWN PROPOSALS
Revised plans by Duddingston House Properties (DHP) and the Urbanist Group (UG) for a new luxury Rosewood hotel in and around the old Royal High School have been scaled down in the latest set of proposals.
The design is a direct response to rejection of the previous plans.
A DRINKING PERSON’S GUIDE TO BEING DEMONSTRATIVE
This is a glass of red. And very nice, too.
It was noticed on a hike high up Broughton Street by our wine correspondent Hank, from Wick.
He says that, in his opinion, the A-board has several red wines, some of them hocks.
As you read this, Issue 257 rattles from the press like steak knives through skeletons.
Listen! Can you hear a soft-pawed wolf howling beside Calton Hill? Can you hear the banshee moans on Broughton Road? Are your bowels about to burst? Yes? Then you have read the future, or at least an early draft of Page 1.
Beware, beware! Page 2 is full of worms and death and cemeteries, the unexpected contents of a box, a serial intruder, grim-faced Leith Walkers preparing for the worst.
ADVERTS ALL OVER THE PLACE, 24/7
Last month we reported how the multinational JC Decaux (JCD) had outlined plans for – and sought feedback on – equipping George Street (Issue 256).
It now seeks planning permission for 5 bus shelters and 4 stand-alone ‘community information panels’ (CIPs).
Where they’d be and what they're not
JCD wants to place the bus shelters outside Nos 10, 13B, 47, 60, and 63 George Street.
WORLD-CLASS VISUAL ARTS SPACE IN 2017
In what has not been a great week for contemporary art in the capital (23.9.16), we’re delighted to bring you good news.
After five years’ behind-the-scenes toiling, Collective Gallery signalled the start of work on its new Calton Hill observatory complex this morning.
Glovart Holdings Ltd has submitted revised plans for its (already consented) development at 1–6 Canonmills Bridge (Ref. 16/3406/FUL).
The variation affects the ground and basement floors. It comprises removing an internal wall to provide a single (larger) commercial unit – probably a shop and/or restaurant.
Are you feeling sweet-toothed and creative?
If so, why not try this recipe from Willie Lonnie, head chef at No. 11 Brunswick Street. Don't be intimidated – 'cranachan' comes from the Gaelic word cranachan, meaning 'an easy-to-follow recipe with a delicously impressive result'.
So roll up your trousers, get stuck in, and send us a photo of how it turned out.
INGREDIENTS
For the cranachan
Earlier this year, we reported how service on the City of Edinburgh Council’s online Planning and Building Standards portal was interrupted following a technical upgrade (Breaking news 30.6.16).
We reported further intermittent problems in July, August and September (Breaking news 29.8.16).
Yesterday, a Council Planning official announced that:
Various more or less spine-chilling apparitions have been cropping up around Broughton since 1 October.
So far, we have resisted reporting them for fear of encouraging the appearance of Christmas lights before Bonfire Night.
But now that we’re well into the second half of the month, this seems like a reasonable point at which to introduce our favourites so far.
We begin (top-right) with Granny Thomson’s seasonal spiders on Bellevue Place. The hanging bones in the foliage are particularly effective in poor light.
Proposals by City of Edinburgh Council to restrict access in and out of Montgomery Street are the focus of debate.
The plans (TRO 16/58 and RSO 16/13) seem to be under-explained measures connected to the forthcoming Phase 5 or Phase 6 of the Leith Project.