CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New primary school for south central Edinburgh(?) http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New primary school for south central Edinburgh(?) en Fri, 22 May 2026 01:41:10 +0000 chdot on "New primary school for south central Edinburgh(?)" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12344#post-208780 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:00:26 +0000 chdot 208780@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/new-south-edinburgh-school-may-be-axed-due-to-funding-crisis-1-4003891" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/new-south-edinburgh-school-may-be-axed-due-to-funding-crisis-1-4003891</a> </p> gembo on "New primary school for south central Edinburgh(?)" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12344#post-145059 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:46:41 +0000 gembo 145059@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would go with that if the land was brown and developers were being encouraged to create new use for old space instead of the predictable build on a field to realise a quick buck mentality </p> chdot on "New primary school for south central Edinburgh(?)" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12344#post-145042 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:29:28 +0000 chdot 145042@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Understanding and adapting the land market is key to solving our housing crisis</p> <p>There is something profoundly wrong with our housing system: demand and prices continue to rise yet supply does not, largely due to the development process. Toby Lloyd argues that any serious attempt to address the housing crisis must include measures to change the land market, allowing those who want to build to buy land at a low cost.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/archives/39649" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/archives/39649</a> </p> wangi on "New primary school for south central Edinburgh(?)" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12344#post-144613 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:11:36 +0000 wangi 144613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>NHS have just moved out of Woodburn House (next to the AA) too. </p> chdot on "New primary school for south central Edinburgh(?)" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12344#post-144574 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:05:10 +0000 chdot 144574@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"the land ain't going to be cheap!"</p> <p>It's free - we already own it!</p> <p>Back in the real world -</p> <p>Main options are Astley Ainslie and Royal Ed. </p> <p>NHS obviously 'needing' top price from highest bidder - likely to be housing ('executive' or otherwise) - subject to planning permission of course - responsibility of CEC which wants to build the school. </p> <p>So somewhere along the line the expectation that the NHS has a valuable (non health/medical) asset will have to be fulfilled (or compensated for if 'society' decides there is need for a school which means the same land has 'less value'). </p> <p>If only there was a way to do things differently... </p> kaputnik on "New primary school for south central Edinburgh(?)" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12344#post-144571 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:30:05 +0000 kaputnik 144571@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wherever they build it, the land ain't going to be cheap! </p> chdot on "New primary school for south central Edinburgh(?)" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12344#post-144567 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:05:43 +0000 chdot 144567@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/education/new-school-to-ease-pressure-on-city-classrooms-1-3327560" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/education/new-school-to-ease-pressure-on-city-classrooms-1-3327560</a></p> <p>Plenty <em>scope</em> for 'safe routes'... </p>