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About friendsofcraighouse

A local group wanting to preserve the beautiful Craighouse Campus site in Edinburgh.

Can anyone leave the consortium? If LA&P can, why not others?

Yesterday, we learnt that LA&P are no longer part of the Craighouse Partnership. This begs the question, can any of the other companies in the Craighouse Partnership leave the consortium? No explanation has been given of why or how LA&P … Continue reading

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Download our petition and posters to help us spread the word

We need to demonstrate the support of the community when we say that we want the green space preserved for the public, and that free access should continue. We did that with our photo for the press when several hundred … Continue reading

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Consultation Process: Will Your Feedback Count? [Updated]

[Update: after we wrote this, we got a commitment from the developer, which you can read here] We had promised our members that we would try and find out more about the planning and feedback process and hoped to be … Continue reading

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Photo in the Evening News

We got into the Evening News today! Protest over homes plan – News – Scotsman.com.

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Friends of Craighouse question the consultation process

Friends of Craighouse have received numerous questions about the questionnaire, the consultation process and the planning process. Obviously, we are not the developers or the planning department, but we have tried our best to find out more for our members … Continue reading

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The strange case of the disappearing FAQ

On Friday, the Craighouse Partnership put up a new website with a page described as FAQ, (or Frequently Asked Questions) which had been pre-announced by email to large numbers of people as being their response to questions from the public … Continue reading

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Thanks to everyone who came today!

Thanks to everyone who turned up today. We estimate about 300 people turned up. Here are a couple of the great photos we got today. Special thanks to all the children with the amazing signs. They looked fabulous.

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Welcome to our website

This is the website for the Friends of Craighouse Grounds and Wood group, who will be campaigning to protect the beautiful Craighouse Campus of Napier University, now that it has been sold to property developers. Please help us protect this … Continue reading

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