The Council’s Development Management Sub Committee has recently approved plans submitted by Signature Pubs Ltd. for a change of use from commercial (former bank) to a pub/restaurant (Class 3) with outside eating space to the front. 

Midmar Paddock Public Meeting

Are you concerned by the latest attempt to sell Midmar Paddock for development? I am keen to find a long term solution to protect the paddock and to secure access for the community.  I have met with concerned local residents and together we have arranged a public meeting to set up a local action group to take this forward.  If this is also of interest and concern to you, come along to the meeting.

Plans recently submitted to the Council by the Downing Group have disappointed local residents as the proposal for an underground car park has been removed.

Good news for users of the 36 bus service as the timetable is to be extended again! 

The second set of plans for the redevelopment of the former school buildings has been posted on the Council’s online planning portal.

The change of use application for the Cluny Centre, which was listed to be considered by the Council’s Development Management Sub Committee on Wednesday 20 June, was withdrawn from the agenda at the last minute and was therefore not considered.  The application for listed building consent was granted.  

The applicant has appealed to the Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) and this has now been formally lodged and listed.  This is the reason given for the withdrawal of the application from the Council’s DM Sub Committee agenda.  Details of the applicant’s submission to the DPEA can be found on the DPEA website www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk under reference PPA-230-2232. 

Another set of plans has been submitted by Signature Pubs Ltd. for a change of use from commercial (former bank) to a pub/restaurant that can cater for around 240 customers, with outside eating space to the front.  It also involves the removal of six trees to the rear of the building to allow the erection of a two storey extension.  Do take a look at the plans and see for yourself.

The meeting of the Council’s Development Management Sub Committee on Wednesday 20^th of June will consider the second set of plans for a block of flats on the site of the former toilet block at 7 Canaan Lane.

The change of use applications for the Cluny Centre are listed to be considered by the Council’s Development Management Sub Committee next Wednesday, 20^th of June.  

The Council has recently announced that 98 new spaces will be added to the existing B2 Priority Parking Area (PPA), just to the south of the railway line in Morningside. 74 of them will be added in the next six to eight weeks and the remaining 24 after around 12 months.