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Katie Williams

Edinburgh locals in bid to save state school from turning into student flat development

Edinburgh locals have banded together to protest in a bid to save the old Tynecastle School from being turned into student flats.

The protest in Gorgie was sparked by the decision of the Scottish Housing Reporter to allow the development to go ahead, despite an earlier decision by the council to reject the development.

The Scottish Housing Reporter’s decision has been met with an angry reaction from the councillors and community groups opposed to the development who argue that community voices and local democracy have been completely ignored.

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