Finalised Edinburgh City Local Plan

Appendix 2
Edinburgh City Local Plan
Technical matters and statements of support
submitted during deposit period 25th May - 6th
July 2007.
Includes Council’s response to comments.
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0rganisation
Directorate and Transport for
Scotland
Individual
Comment
IFteplace first sentence with "New planning
legislation, the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act
2006 introduces major changes to the
planning system and how.. . ."
Accept as a technical change.
Supports policy.
Note.
Des 3 Scottish Environment
Protection Agency (SEPA)
Historic Scotland are content that approach to Note.
World Heritage Site policy gives due
recognition and weight to its significance and
addresses concerns that it must be
appropriately protected, managed and
enhanced.
4.4 Historic Scotland
4.1 0
Council Response
Accept as a technical change, and amend
Amend to bring text up-to-date with recent
paragraph 4.1 0 by the deletion of reference tc
changes to the GDPO that now makes
SNH
as a statutory consultee.
Scottish Ministers, through Historic Scotland,
the sole statutory consultee on planning
applications for developments which may
affect a garden and designed landscape.
Historic Scotland
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New Town & Broughton
Commu nity Council
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New Town & Broughton
Com munity Council
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Welcomes the Council's consideration of
further designations. Recommends an audit
of all trees in the WHS and buffer zone.
Note. Clarification will be sought whether this
is an objection.
Supports policy and recommends that
industrial archaeology should also be
included. Developers should be required to
record manufacturing sites.
Note. The Council will be advised by its
archaeologist when it is appropriate to require
a record to be made of an industrial building.
Amend policy to include reference to the Firth Accept as a technical change.
of Forth Ramsar site.
Directorate and Transport for
Scotland
Accept as a technical change.
Amend policy to clarify where a priority
habitat or species is affected, prior
consultation with the European Commission
should be sought.
5.3
Accept as a technical change.
Amend paragraphs 5.3 and 5.8 to remove
reference to the setting of national standards
in the draft SPP 11. Reword policy removing
'either' and 'or' as these make the policy
ambiguous.
Scottish Executive Planning
Directorate and Transport for
Scotland
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Supports the change to the wording of the
policy to give greater clarity and allow
development in exceptional circumstances.
Sean W atters
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OSR 7 Federation of Edinburgh and
District Allotments and
Gardens Associations
Supports specific reference to allotments and Note.
the need for a comprehensive landscape
design.
OSR 13 Federation of Edinburgh and
District Allotments and
Gardens Associations
Supports Proposal OSR 13 to provide new
Note.
allotments to help reduce the long waiting list
for allotments in Edinburgh.
Include an indication of the structure plan
housing land requirements for this local plan
area and total housing provision intended to
Note - further consideration will be given to
this request, which will be treated as technica
changes (not requiring advertisement).
Hou 1 Colinton Consortium of
Vol untary Organi sations
Supports the housing proposals set out in
Table 6.1 and Table 6.2.
Note.
Hou 5 New Town & Broughton
Note.
Supports policy. Comments on recent
conversions and subdivision of original main
door flats and houses from offices into single
person dwellings.
6.5
Scottish Executive Planning
Directorate and Transport for
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Hou 7 New Town & Broughton
Com mu nity Council
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Supports policy, particularly in the city centre. Note.
Com 3
Sean Watters
Supports the recognition that open space may Note.
have to be developed to locate schools.
HSG 6
Gavin Strang
Supports the allocation for housing.
Note.
HSG 7
Gavin Strang
Supports the allocation for housing.
Note.
Supports the allocation for housing.
Note.
i S G 13 ED1 Group Ltd. (Montagu
Evans)
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Gavin Strang
Supports this proposal
Note.
SCH 4
Sean Watters
Supports the safeguarding of the site for a
high school.
Note.
Richard Butt
Supports the safeguarding of the site for a
high school.
Note.
Stephen Mclntyre
Supports the allocation of the site for a high
school.
Note.
Supports removal of Business and Industry
Area designation from land at Russell Road.
Note.
Supports removal of Business and Industry
Area designation from land at Turnhouse
Road.
Note.
Emp 3 Charles Henshaw and Sons
Ltd. (Jones Lang LaSalle)
SCA Packaging Ltd. (Jones
Lang LaSalle)
(CBRE)
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Table Craiglockhart Community
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Ret 1
Council
Scottish Executive Planning
Directorate and Transport for
Scotland
8.12 New Town & Broughton
Cornmu nity Council
8.17
Ret 3
New Town & Broughton
Com mu nity Council
New Town & Broughton
Community Council
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:om munity Council
Technical matters and statements of support
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Supports the classification of Craiglockhart as Note.
a local centre.
Omit the word 'upper' from criterion c) as this Accept and recommend minor modification,
could otherwise be misinterpreted as
to be viewed as a technical matter.
suggesting that upper floors should not be
used for retailing.
Support the summary set out. Although have Note.
doubts about the feasibility of enlarged units
on Princes St. Opportunity to link St James
Quarter to Princes Mall and Waverley
Station.
Rodney St could benefit from public realm
enhancement and a pedestrian crossing to
aid traffic calming
Intention to limit out of town development
supported.
Note.
Support objectives of policy an suggest
linking of shops internally whist maintaining
existing appearance should be considered.
Note.
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John Lewis Partnership
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Supports the removal of Proposal S4 at
Colinton Mains Drive.
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Note.
Supports the Plan, recognises compliance
Note.
with SP and SPP, supports shopping chapter
objectives, Table 8.1, reference to EARNS..
Remove reference in policy to Slateford, as it Accept as a technical m a t t 6
alternative, non-rail related development of
sites if no longer required or more suitable
alternative sites are available etc.
Accept as a technical matter, but discuss
further with Network Rail.
9.25
Scottish Environment
Protection Agency (SEPA)
Penultimate sentence is incorrect; a decision Accept as a technical matter
to build a waste management facility at
Seafield is not for SEPA to make.
Inf 1
Scottish Executive Planning
Directorate and Transport for
Scotland
Policy Inf 4 should be updated in accordance Accept in principle, as a technical matter.
with advice set out in PAN 79 Water and
Drainage.
9.35
Network Rail
References to Powderhall should be updated 4ccept as a technical matter, and remove
to reflect current intentions: closure is not now .eference to housing potential.
envisaged in the period to 2015.
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Scott ish Env i ronment
Protection Agency (SEPA)
First sentence is factually incorrect: the
Accept as a technical matter.
Waste Strategy Area Group, not just SEPA, is
responsible for the Area Waste Plan outputs.
Inf 3
Mobile Operators Association
(Mono Consultants)
The policy is supported and considered to be Note.
in accordance with national guidance in
NPPG 19.
Ca 1
John Lewis Partnership
(CBRE)
The aspirations of Policy Ca 1, which aims to Note.
improve the attractiveness and vitality of the
central area, are welcomed.
10.4
New Town & Broughton
Com mu nity Council
Noted - the Community Council will be
Paragraphs 10.4 - 10.9 contain generalised
statements which are largely supported,
requested to clarify that this is not an
especially action to make use of upper floors. objection and that a public local inquiry is not
sought.
Indicative proposals for CA 1 St James
Quarter, in which JL have a significant
interest, and the priority given to this
programme are welcomed.
Note.
Historic Scotland
Supports the land allocations in principle.
Note.
West Lothian Council
Supports the plan in principle.
Note.
CA I John Lewis Partnership
(CBRE)
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