http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Future of Boroughmuir school site en Thu, 21 May 2026 23:46:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-221238 Fri, 27 May 2016 18:10:21 +0000 Fountainbridge 221238@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I notice they fail to mention what the outside will look like. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-221208 Fri, 27 May 2016 14:35:56 +0000 chdot 221208@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>David McGrath, managing director of Cala Homes (East) - who are behind the proposals - said: “We are at the very earliest stages of the process and will be consulting widely with the local community.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/boroughmuir-high-school-restoration-images-revealed-1-4139800" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/boroughmuir-high-school-restoration-images-revealed-1-4139800</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188502 Thu, 14 May 2015 18:19:43 +0000 Fountainbridge 188502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No I don't think it is classed as brownfield development. </p> <p>Plans for Viewforth / Horne Terrace - <a href="https://goo.gl/fxcd5Y" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/fxcd5Y</a></p> <p>I noticed the body repair shop moved out some months ago. Application has been fairly stagnant for past year but revised drawings submitted in March 2015.</p> <p>Talk about overdevelopment though - 6 stories high!</p> <p>3 x 1 bed, 9 x 2 bed, 2 x 3 bed duplex, 3 x 3 bed townhouse</p> <p>Relevance to Boroughmuir (which is in parking zone 2)</p> <p>"<blockquote>we were advised that Horne Terrace was in Parking Zone 2 of the City Car Parking Standards and therefore the minimum number of car parking spaces per dwelling is 0, and the maximum is 1.</blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188448 Thu, 14 May 2015 11:30:47 +0000 kaputnik 188448@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does this qualify as a "brownfield" development?</p> <p>I'm sure lots of people want to live in Bruntsfield and the development will do very well. The flats converted out of the old Warrender Park School / Napier University annexe were all snapped up very quickly for rather hefty amounts.</p> <p>At the other end of Viewforth of course there is planning applications out to demolish the industrial/garage units along the canal opposite the new school and cram in blocks of flats there too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188423 Thu, 14 May 2015 10:06:31 +0000 chdot 188423@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/historic-high-school-to-be-turned-into-14-5m-flats-1-3772655" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/historic-high-school-to-be-turned-into-14-5m-flats-1-3772655</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188386 Wed, 13 May 2015 19:32:49 +0000 kaputnik 188386@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Flogged to Cala Homes, the highest cash bidder (£14.5m). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188261 Tue, 12 May 2015 20:23:19 +0000 chdot 188261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"2,974 of 3,000 signatures" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188259 Tue, 12 May 2015 20:03:18 +0000 Vez 188259@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Powerhouse in Porty is being knocked down for an Aldi and housing. All the OOTB tenants there got notice to quit in March (it used to be one of my workplaces) OOTB are looking for alternatives, short and long term I think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188210 Tue, 12 May 2015 12:13:30 +0000 SRD 188210@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot started it, i believe</p> <p>and as kaputnik says, i think this is a new venture for OOTB, not a move </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188202 Tue, 12 May 2015 10:58:49 +0000 kaputnik 188202@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Presumably if this was successful OOTB would move from Leith?</em></p> <p>They also have a big place in Portobello in part of the old Scottish Power site called The Powerhouse. Last I heard Dalmeny Street was full and oversubscribed. Maybe they intend to keep the latter? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188195 Tue, 12 May 2015 10:12:17 +0000 chdot 188195@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"2,749 of 3,000 signatures"</p> <p>"first time MerchistonCC 's done anything so radical. worth supporting them just for that."</p> <p>You mean they started it or just signed it?</p> <p>Interesting set of proposals. Presumably if this was successful OOTB would move from Leith? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188193 Tue, 12 May 2015 09:51:44 +0000 SRD 188193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>petition:</p> <p><a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/support-the-out-of-the-blue-bid-for-old-boroughmuir-high-school-site" rel="nofollow">https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/support-the-out-of-the-blue-bid-for-old-boroughmuir-high-school-site</a></p> <p>first time MerchistonCC 's done anything so radical. worth supporting them just for that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-188186 Tue, 12 May 2015 00:16:30 +0000 chdot 188186@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>“I think you have got to take all of these things into account. Then still make a sensible business decision. It is only if we can actually make the economics work. Like to what extent could we increase the capacity and what would be the implications?” </p> <p>As far back as 1990, when former owner Wallace Mercer talked of a merger with Hibs and a single purpose-built stadium, the need for upgraded facilities has been clear. But the partial revamp of Tynecastle has been restricted by the ongoing battle to overcome the constraints imposed by the old main stand. Full of character but crumbling and claustrophobic, there is no obvious solution to its limitations.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl-lower-divisions/ann-budge-wants-hearts-to-remain-at-tynecastle-1-3768542" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/spfl-lower-divisions/ann-budge-wants-hearts-to-remain-at-tynecastle-1-3768542</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187928 Fri, 08 May 2015 09:33:42 +0000 chdot 187928@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/arts-hub-loss-could-pay-for-new-primary-school-1-3767094" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/arts-hub-loss-could-pay-for-new-primary-school-1-3767094</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187748 Wed, 06 May 2015 09:40:45 +0000 steveo 187748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Isn't the old school listed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187741 Wed, 06 May 2015 09:04:43 +0000 Nelly 187741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"..the old Tynecastle School. I think Hearts had a long standing agreement to buy it but this fell through when they went in to administration last year"</p> <p>The plans are, I believe, still in the planning portal.</p> <p>I think that they had some pie in the sky notion of a new mega stand and attaching hotel complex. </p> <p>The post administration regime appears to have no desire to go down the old 'spend money you dont have' route. </p> <p>They will have difficulty in raising the required capital to fund any kind of new stand, never mind one incorporating a wider complex. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187729 Wed, 06 May 2015 08:00:01 +0000 Fountainbridge 187729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given it's city centre location, with very good transport links, Cala will be able to negotiate vastly reduced number of parking spaces. </p> <p>Very good point about the old Tynecastle School. I think Hearts had a long standing agreement to buy it but this fell through when they went in to administration last year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187705 Tue, 05 May 2015 17:52:45 +0000 SRD 187705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only 1 per flat? Surely not... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187702 Tue, 05 May 2015 17:25:07 +0000 chdot 187702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"around 100 flats"</p> <p>100 car spaces in the playground?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187701 Tue, 05 May 2015 17:15:52 +0000 acsimpson 187701@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Cala’s proposal would see the category B-listed structure ­converted into an apartment complex with around 100 flats."</em></p> <p>How long until we see that figure more than doubled as they shrink the size of each "flat" closer to the volume of a shipping container? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187688 Tue, 05 May 2015 14:49:11 +0000 14Westfield 187688@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>tynecastle has been empty for ages but isnt as fashionable for them tho ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187676 Tue, 05 May 2015 13:26:56 +0000 steveo 187676@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tynecastle still empty and for sale? Its not that much further away. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-187672 Tue, 05 May 2015 13:16:02 +0000 chdot 187672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/arts-hub-plan-killed-off-by-14-5m-housing-bid-1-3763092" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/arts-hub-plan-killed-off-by-14-5m-housing-bid-1-3763092</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-186746 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 22:39:24 +0000 Fountainbridge 186746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd like the old building to go to the highest bidder. Should help pay for the new school. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-186681 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:48:21 +0000 steveo 186681@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I expect those empty new build will be converted into bohemian slums by the end of the year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-186678 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:30:53 +0000 chdot 186678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh no!</p> <p>First Printmakers Workshop in the British Rubber building, now this. </p> <p>Fountainbridge/Viewforth the new arts ghetto!!</p> <p>Will need extra cycle routes, improved access across the WAR, contra-flow in Leamington Road. </p> <p>I predict CHAOS! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14714#post-186677 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:24:36 +0000 SRD 186677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.merchistoncc.org.uk/public-meeting-re-old-boroughmuir-high-school-site/" rel="nofollow">http://www.merchistoncc.org.uk/public-meeting-re-old-boroughmuir-high-school-site/</a></p> <p>On Tuesday 05 May there will be a public meeting (organised by the Merchiston Community Council and arts organisation Out of the Blue) to discuss the bid for the old Boroughmuir School site.</p> <p>Date: Tuesday 05 May<br /> Time: 19:00 – 21:00<br /> Place: Atrium, Boroughmuir High School</p> <p>The aim of the meeting is to discuss the community bid by Out of the Blue which aims to keep the site within the community by developing the site to a community arts hub.</p> <p>Speakers from Out of the Blue, the City of Edinburgh Council and Boroughmuir High School will be in attendance.</p> <p>Merchiston Community Council encourages all members of the community to attend to discuss the bid, the benefits to the area and how might be supported.</p> <p>Please share this event to encourage discussion and attendance. </p>