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Media Coverage
Rent Scandal Caltongate 15th Jan 09
Builders pay city to keep flats free
Published Date: 15 January 2009
DEVELOPERS are paying to keep council homes in the city centre empty, it has been revealed today.
Eve News Letters 8 Jan 09
(Evening News, January 8) made compelling reading.
SOOT`S New Year Message
Scotsman Letters 11 Dec 08
Your call for reform of the planning system (editorial, 6 December) is short-sighted and potentially damaging.
At a time when current laws have proved inadequate to protect a major site of special scientific interest from the Trump housing development, or to save listed buildings from demolition threatened by Caltongate, or to avoid endangering Edinburgh's world heritage status, the worst possible response would be to weaken further the few constraints that exist.
Unesco slams city on Caltongate 18 Nov 08
Published Date: 18 November 2008
UNESCO yesterday criticised Edinburgh council's handling of the Caltongate development and said the demolition of two listed buildings could have been avoided, The Scotsman can reveal.Sunday Herald & Observer 16 Nov 08
The end of heritage? The Sunday Herald
Edinburgh may have retained its World Heritage status, following the visit of two Unesco inspectors last week to assess whether the city was still worthy of the title.
EDINBURGH MAY have retained its World Heritage status, following the visit of two Unesco inspectors last week to assess whether the city was still worthy of the title. Their trip came in the light of a number of planned new developments - including Haymarket, Caltongate, Leith Docks and the St James Centre - and has led to soul-searching about the future direction of our capital city. Debate has raged over whether World Heritage status is desirable, or if it is a hindrance to development.
Jim Lowrie/Haymarket Call-In 14th Nov 08
Q and A: Jim Lowrie
Published Date: 14 November 2008 The Scotsman
Scotsman 13th Nov 08
Below is a comment from one of the UNESCO delegation in an article in The Scotsman today
Dr Rössler, who is accompanied by Professor Manfred Wehdorn, of the International Council on Monuments, in Edinburgh this week, said: "We are well aware of the strength of the debate in Edinburgh.
TV, Radio and Press 12th Nov 08
Unesco Visit Scotsman 11 Nov 08
Published Date: 11 November 2008
Now, on the eve of an official visit that might lead to the city being stripped of the title, senior figures have cast doubt on whether the city benefits from it and have warned that it is in danger of holding back progress in the capital.
When Edinburgh's historic heart was awarded World Heritage status in December 1995, it was widely seen as a major coup. It would have seemed fanciful that just over a decade later, Edinburgh would be facing the prospect of losing the title.
When Edinburgh's historic heart was awarded World Heritage status in December 1995, it was widely seen as a major coup. It would have seemed fanciful that just over a decade later, Edinburgh would be facing the prospect of losing the title.
