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Second Round of Proposal Presentations
The Craighouse Partnership have a second round of proposal presentations scheduled for 29th-31st March (Thursday-Saturday). This is right after the second Community Liaison Forum the day before (so not much chance of influencing the proposals, I’m afraid). Thursday 29 March … Continue reading
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Rosy’s opinion piece published in the Edinburgh Reporter
Rosy’s opinion piece published in the Edinburgh Reporter
The Edinburgh Reporter, a great local website, has published an opinion piece by Rosy. She talks about the much-loved areas of the site that people don’t want to lose and the risks of land value speculation.
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Sundial’s track record of listed buildings conversion
We have stated to the Craighouse Partnership that if we put anything inaccurate on this webite that we are happy to correct or remove it if they let us know. We have been contacted by William Gray Muir of Sundial … Continue reading
Community Liaison Forum Announced
We were contacted today by the Evening News about the new Community Liaison Forum that is meeting next week. We were a little surprised not to receive a formal invitation by The Craighouse Partnership themselves before the press release was … Continue reading
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Mountgrange’s Track Record
The proposed Craighouse development is funded by Mountgrange. Many people in Edinburgh will know Mountgrange because of the failed Caltongate development. While we were out collecting signatures for our petition, someone came up to us and said they had been … Continue reading
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What is Napier’s Involvement with the Craighouse Development?
If Napier received millions of pounds in grant funding to maintain the beautiful Craighouse site for the public use, why is it now involved in a secretive property development consortium? What is Napier’s financial interest in the development at Craighouse? … Continue reading
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Access Row Breaks Out Over Craighouse
You may have seen the Evening News article published yesterday. Ever since the letter from John Bury, Head of Planning, was sent to local residents, stating that the site had been closed to the public before Napier and that the … Continue reading
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The Woodland Trust Visit
The Friends have uploaded two Financial articles analysing the developers’ financial claims – this one on “Enabling Development” and this one on Maintenance Costs. Please read if you haven’t caught them already. We will house them with other important articles … Continue reading
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The Myth of “Enabling Development” at Craighouse
Enabling Development: When does it Enable and when does it Disable a Project? The developers claim that “enabling development” is the answer to maintaining the existing Grade A listed buildings. The Friends have examined the data and not only believe … Continue reading
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Petition signing again tomorrow (Saturday 3rd Nov)
We will be out again tomorrow (Saturday) outside Waitrose (corner of Morningside Road/ Falcon Ave) with a petition to sign from 10am-4pm. Last time we got nearly 600 signatures. Please help us to beat that tomorrow! The petition really helps … Continue reading
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