http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “The city should resist a drift into the greenbelt" en Thu, 21 May 2026 13:04:45 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4385#post-46192 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:59:32 +0000 chdot 46192@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> One of the harshest public critics of the council’s development strategies in recent years has been Malcolm Fraser, the award-winning architect. While he welcomes new moves to reposition the waterfront as a renewables hub he is scathing of the vision elsewhere.</p> <p>“There are still huge sites available for family homes in the waterfront and elsewhere in town,” he said. “The city should resist a drift into the greenbelt which actively undermines the compact, walkable beauty that characterises Edinburgh.</p> <p>“The Scottish Government has already foisted an ‘international business gateway’ on us to join RBS on the greenbelt, so businessmen can fly to a placeless, airport-business-park Edinburgh without having to bother with the real one.</p> <p>“The ‘economic imperative’ in Edinburgh now means huge pressure to accept that the most miserably compromised proposal can be made just a little less poor if committees of design panels argue over its details.”</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-east-fife/edinburgh_at_crossroads_and_direction_hotly_disputed_1_1960237" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-east-fife/edinburgh_at_crossroads_and_direction_hotly_disputed_1_1960237</a> </p>