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It is about to become home to a hotel, a student housing complex and dozens of new private homes.
But horse and cattle markets were held in the area in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle every week from the 15th century to the start of the 20th century.
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“This latest finding gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘watering hole’ since the remains of an old well were found under what used to be a nightclub."
No. It merely uses the original meaning of the term. Sigh.
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And he said: “There’s a cost of living crisis facing students in Edinburgh and nobody is talking about it. Edinburgh is the most expensive city in the country for students to live in, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland. Even though life in the city is so expensive, student loan funding from government remains static.
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They could always study somewhere cheaper to live. For example Dundee.
Edinburgh is popular not just because of good universities, but also it's a city destination. It's a supply and demand thing that sets the price of rentals, surely?
Universities realise that Edinburgh is an attractive city to study in, and target increasing numbers of RUK/non-EU students, it's a way to generate more fees income. Funded places for Scottish/EU students are capped.
So ultimately the universities are at least partly to blame for a cost of living crisis for students in the city.
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Ms Furley said: “The planning application submitted earlier this year attracted an objection rate of over 80 per cent.
“Many people don’t want student accommodation, a hotel and over 300 homes up to 12 storeys high at the expense of recreational and green space.”
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hurdrolland (@hurd_rolland)
19/04/2018, 11:55 am
Capital Square site all cleared and @BAMConstructUK ready to start the piling for the basement car park
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Almost back to original topic!
Easter Rd LIDL superstructure is now complete and by heavens is the finished store going to be HUGE inside
I’m still extremely bothered by the fact there’ll be no meaningful ground floor frontage other than a pair of escalators. All parking. A ‘lidl’ tobacco/soft drinks/customer services counter facing the street would made it much more outwardly pleasant
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Leithers have been up in arms after initial plans were revealed by Drum Property Group to build a mixed -use development on an area of land at Stead’s Place.
The firm is intending to create a 500-bed student accommodation block, a 50-bed hotel, 50-60 affordable homes and space for the benefit of local retailers and the community
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Former concert promoter Peter Irvine has warned that Leith Walk is being ruined by a rash of “concrete block” developments, including the one threatening the future of its main year-round venue.
Mr Irvine, founder of Regular Music and Unique Events, said the city needed “local destination places” like Leith Depot to thrive in future, but was driving out independent operators in favour of real estate firms and student housing operators.
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“Developing the rear of the site and incorporating social housing, realistic affordable housing, students housing, a cycle lane and green space that could possibly incorporate the existing viaduct.”
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London ranked top city for students
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44039666
Edinburgh in there at number 16, ahead of New York and the only other UK city in the top 20 (Manchester is at 24). No mention of Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Durham, etc. - presumably there's a difference between traditional esteem amongst British students, and the appeal for globally wandering international students...
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Councillors have halted proposals to turn a repairs garage into studio flats for students after developers were accused of “carving up” a listed building.
KED Properties applied to turn the Hendry and Macdonald car repairs garage on Duncan Street, Edinburgh, into 25 self-contained student studio flats, as well as a communal area in a central atrium. Most of the flats would offer 22 square metres of floor space and include a “small kitchenette”.
Council officers had recommended that permission for the development and listed building consent be granted – but members of the city council’s Development Management Sub-Committee rejected the plans.
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@chdot, the SNP (Developers' Friend) will over rule
The locals aren't happy about the Pinkhill development going to planning committee this week...
I actually think they have a point about the height of the development but some interesting arguments being put forward.
"This will create car parking mayhem in an area where parking spaces are already at a premium. It will also greatly increase the risk of road accidents on this busy, well-trodden commuter short cut."
"The additional impact of many more cars will add to an already difficult situation here, both for available parking spaces and in relation to the narrow Pinkhill Road, the only access to Pinkhill Park. Pinkhill Road acts as an overspill for zoo parking, park and ride and even airport parking, and from spring to autumn is often difficult to negotiate. People in the surrounding area already have problems with rat-runs, including Pinkhill Road, to avoid Corstorphine Road."
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Councillors visited the site last week and received a very one-sided presentation from the planning department. I fear that the councillors are being misled and do not understand the true height of the proposed apartment block.
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Surely not...
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Corstorphine flat development will “have the visual effect of the Berlin Wall”
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Locals say it is just the latest in a flurry of changes, including moves to extend the tram network, they say is changing the area’s character too much.
And amid fears it will spell the end of some local favourites haunts and businesses, some 5000 signatures of support and £2,500 in donations has buoyed pressure group Save Leith Walk to sustain their efforts - which has earned overwhelming cross party backing.
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A council spokeswoman said: “There are no known grounds to revoke permission for this development.”
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Update on the Easter Road LiDL, which now that the external cladding's in place is a rather imposing presence when seen from Iona Street. On the other hand, if it were not for the wooden built out footway jutting into the road, you'd hardly notice it when going along Easter Road. Opening September apparently.
Seeing the cavern before the cladding went up was very impressive. It is a HUGE building. The store, including the bit behind the tenements, is 80m long.
I just wish it had at least a tobacco counter or units for other traders at street level and not just a car park entrance.
Sounds like it will be bigger than the one in Leith then, which by my reckoning is about 50m long. Presumably some of that space will be taken up with escalators, storage, etc. so the actual shop floor might not be that much bigger.
I hope the new store will have better stock control than the Leith one, which often runs out of things: it is an incredibly busy shop mind you.
Snooping on the planning app (15/04194/FUL) it seems the full length area at the back will be storage only, and the store body is somewhere around 50-60m
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As to the future of the property, an industry insider said the small number of rooms meant it was more suited to be run converted to serviced apartments rather than a hotel. He said the condition of the building would bring down the price, but not deter investment in such a prime site.
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