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Good News in Shoreditch 14th May 09
Councillors Views on Planning Committee
A summary of the EACC Saturday morning Question Time held in the Business Centre of the City Chambers on Saturday December 6th 2008 from 10am to 12 noon. The topic under discussion was Planning and Economic Development
Coordinating the discussion was EACC chairman Norman Bonney.
In attendance for the panel were:
Edinburgh At Risk Champion Dies
Tom Buchanan`s Heritage Development speech
Conference on Planning - Strategic Development, Growth and the Economic Challenge
7th November 2008, Carlton Hotel Edinburgh
Mackay Hannah.
Heritage and Development:
Conflict or Opportunity
Councillor Tom Buchanan
Convener of the Economic Development Committee
The City of Edinburgh Council
UNESCO Visit Details 13th & 14th Nov 08
At the invitation of the State Party, UNESCO is sending an expert mission to Edinburgh to assess the state of conservation in the World Heritage Site and, in particular, to scrutinise a number of recent or proposed, developments, notably:
- Caltongate
- St James Centre
- Haymarket
- Leith Docks
IN the afternoon of 13 November the mission will be meeting people concerned about Caltongate and St James Centre developments.
On the afternoon of 14 November Haymarket and Leith Docks.
As part of this process, the mission will have the opportunity to speak to a range of stakeholders who have previously engaged in the planning process on these sites. This will include both those who have spoken in support and those who have voiced concerns about the proposals.
An individual will be invited to speak for around 5 minutes.
By the time the mission meets the stakeholders they will have been given a presentation by the local planning authority and visited the site. The sessions will be from 2.30 pm to 5.00 pm.
The mission will be focussing on the possible impact of any development on the Outstanding Universal Values (OUVs) of the site.
Outstanding Universal Values
Decision Text
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-08/32.COM/8B.Add and WHC-08/32.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Adopts the following Statement of Significance for the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, United Kingdom:
Edinburgh has Outstanding Universal Values for the following reasons-
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