You may have seen a story published last week that said we that we were closing; that story has been deleted.
We are here to set the record straight.
Leith Depot is fighting tooth and nail against Drum Property Group’s attempt to shut us down; that remains, and will always remain the same.
We have put everything that we have into this place and we are determined to stay open.
We ask to be able to remain trading, until the developers appeal to the Scottish Government’s “Planning and Environmental Appeals Division” appointed reporter, makes their final decision.
People said we were crazy to take over ‘Edinburgh’s worst pub’, but thanks to your support and your creativity our venue is widely regarded as one of the best grass roots music venues in Scotland.
Hundreds and hundreds of bands and artists have played our venue and we’ve been delighted to have you all. The platform that we have put the time into to try and build and create is so important to us that we will always fight to save it.
What we need now, is for our politicians to step up and help us stay open until a final decision is made about the fate of this building.
In the meantime we ask for more transparency as to why communities were voted against in the very recent planning bill. If you have any time to help us, please write to your local MSP.
Their messages of support and ‘likes’ on social media are not enough. We thank them for their warm words but now is the time for action.
We fully expect to them to deliver and we will continue to challenge and document any inadequacies that fail to ensure empowerment within communities.
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