A PLAN for student housing at a former city centre school has been amended to retain the janitor's house and the overall numbers of bedrooms cut back.
Tynecastle Teague Ltd’s plan for redevelopment of the former Tynecastle High School in the Scottish capital is to incorporate 468 bedrooms, against the original plan for 545.
The developer said that following discussions with the City of Edinburgh Council and Historic Environment Scotland it was determined that "the preference was for some alterations to be carried out to the design that would allow for the retention of some existing structures".
The buildings are based at the north end of the original school, and consist of an early extension to the school, and a later extension to create accommodation for the janitor’s house.
The developer, working with architect Michael Laird Architects, said in an addendum to the submission: “These retentions have called for the redesign of the new northern block at the north-east edge of the site, to allow for access and amenity surrounding the retained structures.”
The move also involves reducing the eight of the lower part of northern block, introduction of landscaped area and increased amenity for student residents.
North Sea independent rejects £1bn takeover offer
LEADING independent Serica Energy has rejected a £1.04 billion takeover bid from smaller rival Kistos.
Details of the proposal were made public this morning by Kistos, which made a cash-and-stock offer of 382p per share representing a 25 per cent premium to Serica's closing price on July 11.
Claire Taylor: The question mark hanging over the future of farming and food production
THE cost-of-living crisis has turned the nation’s focus to the cost of food, but those tasked with producing it are bearing the brunt of agricultural inflation costs which make general inflation costs pale in comparison.
Alarm bells were sounded when it was announced last month that inflation had hit a 40-year-high of 9.1%, but less widely reported was the fact that farmers around the country were being hit by agricultural inflation or ‘agflation’ costs of an eye-watering 25.3%.
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