Public consultation launched for student residential redevelopment

POSTED ON June 15, 2023 BY James Garry

Purpose-built student accommodation

Purpose-built student accommodation

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A case of poor tree management

POSTED ON February 24, 2022

Some reflections on Edinburgh’s precious and fragile greenspaces following a recent Freedom of Information request

Some reflections on Edinburgh’s precious and fragile greenspaces following a recent Freedom of Information request

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Our response to the City Plan 2030 Consultation

POSTED ON December 20, 2021

Some Cockburn reflections on the Council’s City Plan 2030 as the public consultation closes

Some Cockburn reflections on the Council’s City Plan 2030 as the public consultation closes

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Throwing carbon in the skip – the case against demolition

POSTED ON October 13, 2021 BY Terry Levinthal

A blog from our director Terry Levinthal on the often overlooked loss of embodied carbon when a building is demolished

A blog from our director Terry Levinthal on the often overlooked loss of embodied carbon when a building is demolished

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A big top in the Meadows: Our initial thoughts

POSTED ON May 21, 2021

Our initial thoughts on a planning application by an event company to erect a large fenced-off compound in Edinburgh’s Meadows

Our initial thoughts on a planning application by an event company to erect a large fenced-off compound in Edinburgh’s Meadows

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Spaces for People – An overview and comments going forward

POSTED ON March 22, 2021

This blog forms our emerging opinions on Edinburgh Council’s Spaces for People programme.

This blog forms our emerging opinions on Edinburgh Council’s Spaces for People programme.

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ORHS Decisions of Appeals Expected Soon

POSTED ON June 9, 2020

In September 2018, the Cockburn Association together with the New Town & Broughton Community Council and Edinburgh World Heritage participated in a major planning inquiry into the rejected applications to convert it into a luxury 6-star Art Hotel.

In September 2018, the Cockburn Association together with the New Town & Broughton Community Council and Edinburgh World Heritage participated in a major planning inquiry into the rejected applications to convert it into a luxury 6-star Art Hotel.

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City Plan 2030 Comments

POSTED ON April 30, 2020

The Cockburn is broadly supportive of the draft policies being proposed in the ‘Choices for City Plan 2030’ document.

The Cockburn is broadly supportive of the draft policies being proposed in the ‘Choices for City Plan 2030’ document.

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