City of Edinburgh councillors have voted to protect a site earmarked for student accommodation, after local residents feared the development would "change the nature of the community".
Proposals to build a 191-bed block at Jock's Lodge - which attracted more than 1,000 objections - were thrown out following a three-hour hearing at the City Chambers, where locals, councillors and applicants made their case.
Campaigners staged a rally outside before the meeting kicked off on Wednesday morning and said afterwards they "had won the battle but not the war", as an appeal to the Scottish Government was now anticipated.
