Planning Applications April - September 2004
LCT Newsletter 2004-3 Report
In the past few months, there has been a continued increase in the number of
planning applications on which the Trust has been invited to make comment - some
28 responses have been made since the beginning of April. Here are just a few:
- Application from Miller Homes for 64 flats in two four-storey blocks
in Edinburgh, on the site of the present petrol station immediately to the east
of the site now being developed for 14 flats by R & G Homes.
We considered
that the Miller proposal was "poorly designed and completely out of
character with its surroundings in terms of layout, built form and
materials" - the buildings were too 'monolithic', and four-storey was
thought too high as a general rule.
- Amended application by McCarthy &
Stone for four-storey, 65-flat sheltered housing complex at Blackness Road.
The
revised proposals, giving the development a far better setting, addressed the
Trust's earlier concerns and no objection was lodged.
The Council granted
planning permission for the development, contrary to officers' recommendation,
but subject to the signing of a 'Section 75' agreement between the developer and
the Council. This matter is being investigated further, following some concern
from within the Civic Trust.
- Proposal by David Oliphant for the erection
of 6 flats and conversion of the 'listed' old tannery to form 4 flats, behind
221-224 High Street.
Generally supported by the Trust, particularly as the
scheme was sensitively designed and would ensure the continued existence of the
structure of the old tannery.
Ronald P A Smith BSc MRTPI, LCT Chairman & Planning Officer
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