A religious group's bid to build a new chapel in the garden of its existing place of worship in Edinburgh has failed after the council ruled part of it was poorly designed.
The Christian Community had hoped to get the go-ahead for the contemporary chapel in Merchiston after planning permission in principle was granted back in 2020.
Edinburgh City Council praised the proposed new church in the garden of the detached Victorian villa at 21 Napier Road - where the esoteric Christian group is already based - as having a "modern appearance".
