04/30/2015 by Bruce Ryan

City of Edinburgh Council planning application process and the weekly list

If you have ever wondered how planning applications are communicated by Edinburgh Council, this may help you to understand. The Planning Department of Edinburgh Council has posted a blog about the weekly list of planning applications and how these are compiled: http://planningedinburgh.com/2015/04/24/planning-applications-weekly-list Continue reading →

04/03/2015 by Bruce Ryan

Flood prevention

The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has recently published its Forth Estuary Local Plan District. It states that ‘3,300 residential properties and 480 non-residential properties [in the Water of Leith catchment area] are at a medium likelihood of flooding from one or more sources’.

There is a consultation on the plans for the Water of Leith catchment area at https://frm-scotland.org.uk/frmp/ph2_forth-estuary-lpd-10-draft-flood-risk-mana/

Click to obtain relevant documents:

Forth Estuary Coastal Flooding Document (1.1MB PDF)
Forth Estuary Flood Dev Plan 10_con_red2 (22MB PDF)
Flood Risk Management Planning in Scotland (website)
Forth Estuary draft flood risk management plans (section of FRMPiS website)
Water of Leith catchment area plans and questionnaire (subsection of Forth Estuary web pages)

03/09/2015 by Bruce Ryan

2 Ocean Drive: LHNCC’s submission

LHNCC has submitted its response to this planning proposal. In summary, LHNCC is not opposed in principle to housing development in this location, However, it is concerned with design points, such as massing the structure along pavement edges and the height of the buildings.

Click to download the full submission: 150219 LHNCC ltr to CEC comments 14_05127_FUL v2

10/25/2014 by Bruce Ryan

Refreshed Planning and Building Standards Service

(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)

The Acting Head of Planning and Building Standards is pleased to announce a refreshed Planning and Building Standards Service will be introduced on 27 October 2014. Following a review of how the service has been delivered, an area-based focus has now been developed for dealing with planning and building standard applications. There will also be a city wide function for areas such as the development plan, built and natural environment, place making and service delivery.

More information about what the teams do, the areas they cover and contact details for each area are available in Edinburgh Council’s planning blog, www.planningedinburgh.com. Edinburgh Council will be sharing this with its stakeholders and circulating a leaflet round Council offices and libraries in the coming week. You can also sign up to the blog for email alerts.

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