Hi all,
A quick update to say the deputation to the City Chambers went really well with a decision made to review the outdated ‘minded to grant’ planning permission for the 17 luxury townhouses.
I didn’t expect local councillors to be so surprised by this garden’s existence, age and rarity, or the fact that it was a council arms-length company’s responsibility. Heartening indeed was their decision to review the individual planning application by WEL from 2003, in light of new planning policies meant to protect the Historic Environment and Scotland’s Cultural Heritage. Hopefully this time they will refuse it in recognition of the value of this garden as incredibly rare and valuable heritage greenspace.
STV News wrote a good covering article on our deputation (link below):
Next meeting
Thursday 12 March
6-7.30pm at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre.
- Please send in any agenda points you wish discussed.
- Hopefully some of you can make this date and time.
Kirsty Sutherland,
Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden
PS: Can everyone fill in a membership form if you haven’t done so already, postcode is handy to identify areas support is coming from, full address isn’t needed unless you wish to receive correspondence by post rather than e-mail.
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