Merchiston Community Council
21 November 2008 
Speaking up for the people of Merchiston  

Planning

Merchiston Community Council is a statutory consultee for all planning applications. Our Planning Sub-Group (Beccy Brooks, Mairianna Clyde (Lead), John Lennie and Robin Morris) scrutinises all applications relating to our area, sets up site visits if appropriate, and decides whether a formal MCC response is required. In the case of major developments, we will organise a special public meeting and invite residents most likely to be affected. Any local resident is welcome to contact us about any planning issue.
We hope to bring you relevant sections of the Planning Weekly list here as we receive the information.
The Weekly Planning Bulletin contains two parts.

Part One: This is a list of recently registered planning applications. You can inspect the plans, forms and other documents at the address below. Opening times are 8:30 - 17:00 Mon-Thurs, 8:30 – 15:40 Friday. Alternatively, you can view this information on the Planning and Building Standards Portal using the website address below
If you want to make comments on the application, you can do this in a number of ways.
BY POST to the Head of Planning and Strategy, City Development Department, Business Unit G2, Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh EH8 8BG
BY FAX to 0131 529 6206
BY EMAIL direct to the case officer
ONLINE through the Planning and Buildings Standards Portal at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/planning
And to us at the Community Council
Current Applications and decisions can be found at http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/publicaccess/default.aspx

Part Two: This is the decision list.


There is a worrying trend whereby developers / prospective landlords are buying top floor tenement flats and seeking to build into the loft area. This is a potential fire hazard and over development of common stairs and something we should like to see curbed.

Three such applications are currently under consideration.

3F2 70 Polwarth Gardens Edinburgh EH11 1LL



Alterations and change of use (for HMO) to extend into attic space to provide 4 bedrooms each with a roof window bathroom and en-suite to bedroom 5



This has been refused on 30th July
3F2 85 Polwarth Gardens
Edinburgh EH11 1LQ 		Formation of attic rooms in loft space an velux type roof lights to same
3F1 51 Morningside Road
Edinburgh EH10 4AZ 		Change of use to HMO and extend into attic space to form 4 bedrooms each with a roof window and a bathroom

Similar current applications in so far as they are extentions into attic spaces in tenemental properties

4F2 82 Bruntsfield Place
Edinburgh
EH10 4HG		Convert existing attic into habitable space and to construct an inset terrace balcony
4F2 152 Bruntsfield Place
Edinburgh
EH10 4ER
Convert existing attic into habitable space