Councillors in Edinburgh are being urged to backtrack on a decision taken earlier this year that could leave a historic Leith building at risk of being torn down.
Leith's community councils have told the local authority "serious questions" need to be answered after officials removed part of a bingo hall, previously the 2,300-seat Capitol Theatre, from a proposed extension of the Leith Conservation Area to include buildings within the former railway arches on Manderston Street and Jane Street.
But Edinburgh City Council justified the amendment, saying proposals put to the public in December clashed with its 'Place Brief for Leith Walk/Halmyre Street', which sets out plans for vehicle access at the rear of the building as part of future redevelopment of the site.
