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Donald Turvill

Claim Edinburgh site is better suited for student housing challenged in council report

A council report which was "accidentally buried" has cast doubt on a developer's claim that a derelict site in Edinburgh is better suited for student flats than social housing.

Edinburgh City Council's environmental protection team said plans for accommodation for 468 students at the former Tynecastle High site should be rejected when they go before the planning committee later this year.

The recommendation was laid out in a report dated from November last year but was not available to view alongside the main planning documents online and has only come to light after being discovered in the community garden element of the development application.

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