📍 Land 30 Metres South Of 26 Tolbooth Wynd North Leith Edinburgh 👉 Plinth and under-croft parking cleared, substation shifted, stairs repaired; site re-worked for 49 terraced houses and flats with new landscaped grounds. . ⚖ Scale: 7/10 📂 Ref: 25/05731/FUL 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/27efdlls

You can see them on the app as of today 👇

Is this a joke? -- this is the only part of the West Edinburgh link ("phase 1") that will take ~ 8 months to construct (The red section)....

Edinburgh’s planning portal is down, you can still view all planning applications from 2025 here😉: www.city-scope.co.uk

📍 Land 288 Metres Southwest Of 10 Builyeon Road Echline South Queensferry 👉 New two-stream primary and 128-place nursery on landscaped site, creating modern learning spaces and play areas for roughly 420 pupils. . ⚖ Scale: 7/10 📂 Ref: 25/05325/AMC 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/25vpyuo3

Station 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 accessibility proposals Questions: john.lauder @networkrail.co.uk @edi.bike @thecockburn.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social @bike-freedom.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @wearemacs.bsky.social @networkrailscot.bsky.social

Bubble tea outlet CUPP planning an expansion into one of the St James units on Leith st

Changed .@cityscope back to @ediplanningupdates.bsky.social This makes more sense right now tbh. Maybe I will buy that domain at some point

#Queensferry - consultn date extended to Fri 17 Oct NB - this is separate from (and better than!) the town centre scheme now under construction @edi.bike @thebonnieloon.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @johnrobson87.bsky.social

The council have included actual design overlays for the new Dundee Street Active Travel Project. This is great, super detailed and easy to understand! Keep it up @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social

#Tram #Granton-#Bioquarter 🙋 Spokes draft response [as of 6 Oct] --> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/10/tram... @edi.bike @thecockburn.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @cobaltmale.bsky.social @transform.scot @sw20.info

I broke @city-scope.co.uk somehow and haven’t had time to fix, You can still see what has been added recently to the planning portal on the www.city-scope.co.uk website!

#Queensferry #ActiveTravel 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 consultn, ends 10 Oct 🙋 Respond by email or online Consultn page & DRAFT response--> www.spokes.org.uk/documents/me... @edi.bike @sw20.info @thebonnieloon.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social

📍 1 Redheughs Avenue Edinburgh EH12 9RH 👉 Major Edinburgh Park scheme could deliver a green data centre plus parkland, sports pitches, new cycle/foot links, parking and upgraded vehicle access. . ⚖ Scale: 8/10 📂 Reference: 25/04239/PPP 🔄 Status: Awaiting Assessment 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/24qrrerq

📝New planning application: a “green” data centre + public park with sports + active-travel routes at 1 Redheughs Avenue. 📍 1 Redheughs Avenue Edinburgh EH12 9RH www.city-scope.co.uk/25/04239/PPP

Everyone moans about bats and great crested newts, but for me this is the sort of stuff that really clogs up the planning system. We have to decarbonise housing and every window replacement in one of Edinburgh's MANY conservation areas will need a planning application

Our deputation to Planning Committee 10/9/25 (not yet on CEC website) Where we take the report to task for not tackling CEC's abysmal record on Developer Contributions and Infrastructure Delivery as regards buses. Despite our comments in earlier consultation.

Weekly PDF reports now on City-Scope. - Quickly see everything added to Edinburgh's planning portal within the last week! t.co/29TL9HKNAt

Former Drybrough Brewery, an unlikely industrial survivor

🙋 #SpokesComp closes Sunday 7 Sept 🙋 Don't miss out on bike, cafe & bike-bus vouchers, a #SteamTrain trip, #cinema tickets, & much more.. @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @sw20.info @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @edtiss.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @pollypur.bsky.social @mhbastian.bsky.social

📍 140 Causewayside Edinburgh EH9 1PR 👉 Replace current building with multi-storey student residence plus amenity space, green areas and upgraded access after full site clearance. . ⚖ Scale: 8/10 📂 Reference: 25/04488/FUL 🔄 Status: Awaiting Assessment 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/24h92dqx

🤩 #TravellingSafely West North East all now to be permanent Incredible #TROSub mtg, decided in minutes after inordinate delays/deferrals at previous meetings One intervention by #CllrLang, quickly disabused by officers No one else spoke! The @edi.bike/Spokes campaign has blindsided councillors!

🚴 Brand New Cycle lanes looking very autumnal 🍁

Looks like a proposal to turn the ground floor of the empty offices at the gyle, partially into a cafe. The regeneration of these offices continues…

Trams to Granton and the B-Quarter consulation has opened and I am even more confident that the Roseburn path route is the correct one. To me it appears AT will be improved along much of the route with single track running at bridges allowing for acceptable footpath widths. Let's get it built!

All I could think about on my cycle round town today! Apologies, should’ve waited a day 😭😂 - in the meantime I tried the small section of FOTW to Comm st that is open. Felt a little bumpy on the pavers but all looks good!

The Roseburn Path is a vital Active Travel Route, Green Corridor and natural habitat that runs through a large part of the city. That said, I believe trams should run down it. This is the original plan and we should stick with it.

25/04297/PNE 📝 We require to relocate and consolidate our two immigration halls into one hall on the Ground floor of the North Terminal building. 📍 Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport Jubilee Road Edinburgh EH12 9DN www.city-scope.co.uk/25/04297/PNE

I am now producing a weekly planning report on LinkedIn also. This is a PDF document and is quite good for a quick summary of what’s happening each week in Edinburgh planning! - although this week has been a relatively boring one… See below! shorturl.at/iWsTZ

Full works in The Braids to go ahead next month I believe

Planning App Submitted for “Kongz” to go into the currently vacant unit on Princes street. Appears to be a Glasgow based smash burger grill. 📍 Unit 1 139 Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 4BL www.city-scope.co.uk/25/04056/ADV

📍 Land 300 Metres North Of 50 Research Avenue North Riccarton Currie 👉 Large AI data-centre campus proposed, tapping 200 MW grid capacity, with new internal roads, parking, landscaping and access … ⚖ Scale: 9/10 📂 Reference: 25/03978/PAN 🔄 Status: Awaiting Assessment 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/24n88pcn

Has the meadows to Union canal site been updated or did I miss something? @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cycling-walk...

📍 57 Henderson Row Edinburgh EH3 5DL 👉 Henderson Row office could switch to flats, gaining a double mansard roof, upgraded faade, new windows, landscaping and south-facing ground balconies. . ⚖ Scale: 6/10 📂 Reference: 25/03716/FUL 🔄 Status: Awaiting Assessment 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/263texjx

Confirmation from local councillor Ross McKenzie that some of the Dalry side roads WILL be upgraded as per the living well locally plans. Super impressive from the council if they manage to stick to this timeline @edi.bike @spokes.org.uk

This is epic 😎😎😎

No backsliding! Just a sharp active travel officer getting the non-TRO pavement elements delivered as part of programmed road-resurfacing.

Major revamp of the former royal London offices at the old tram depot into apartments. 📍 57 Henderson Row Edinburgh EH3 5DL View planning application 25/03716/FUL for 57 Henderson Row Edinburgh EH3 5DL city-scope.co.uk/25/03716/FUL

Looks like the Dalry side streets project could be going ahead in September?! Unsure of the scope and detail but currently looks like just the Caledonian Road/Place streets etc. I wonder if this has potentially been descoped 🤔🤨 @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike

#CharlotteSquare Drop-in consultn on final scheme Wed 30 July 4-7pm, Kimpton Hotel 38 Ch Sq [current layout is temporary] @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @leftwing66.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @edtiss.bsky.social

Updates to City-Scope this week include: •AI-Powered Planning Reports: Quickly generate detailed longform reports for individual planning applications, providing key insights without needing to navigate council files manually. (Currently very early implementation)

Looks like a virgin hotel expansion with a spa

📍 Ocean Terminal 98 Ocean Drive North Leith Edinburgh 👉 Install illuminated GUTTERBALL fascia signs on Ocean Terminals southeast elevation, marking new bowling venue entrance. . ⚖ Scale: 2/10 📂 Reference: 25/03652/ADV 🔄 Status: Awaiting Assessment 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/25kyztwu

📍 19B Graham Street Bonnington Edinburgh EH6 5QN 👉 Existing Graham St office block could be cleared for a fresh residential scheme, replacing commercial space with new homes and reorganised parkin… ⚖ Scale: 7/10 📂 Reference: 25/03617/PPP 🔄 Status: Awaiting Assessment 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yrnbmpxs

When it works well, A.i summaries can be extremely useful. Weekly planning reports, coming soon 👉

That’s a bright red sign for NewTown

Here's an interesting one amid the slew of applications for double glazing in conservation areas and garden rooms. I was worried that "green clad" was just code for it being a big gas boiler, but it's really interesting to read it's a combination of heat pumps and sewer heat recovery technology.

A vital link in the ‘education corridor’ envisioned to link all the local schools together with Heriot Watt university making walking, wheeling and cycling safer for pupils, staff, visitors and the communities it will tie together.

Cobbled bike lanes :)