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Saturday column: What makes a good planning application?
PLANNING applications rarely make headlines for the right reasons.
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Your weekly Edinburgh buildings, planning, streets and neighbourhoods news, w/e August 14
In today’s edition:
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Idea #14: Making the planning system work for everyone
IT’S a brave soul, indeed, who would venture to suggest that the planning system should not be about giving people ‘agency’: the opportunity to…
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Saturday column: Tackling Edinburgh's housing crisis
UNTIL recently, a walk down the Union canal towards Fountainbridge could hardly avoid the sight of an abandoned and derelict church located on the…
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Your weekly Edinburgh buildings, planning, streets and neighbourhoods news, w/e August 7
In today’s edition:
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My favourite building: Tamsin Grainger and Madelvic House
TURNING off the busy West Granton Road, Madelvic House stands out from the crowd.
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Saturday column: Imagine – and be transported
IMAGINE, if you will, a small, northern European city – a capital – which has a thriving economy and is sufficiently interesting to host an ever-growing…
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July 2026

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