tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post1283393723969166418..comments2023-11-05T12:04:50.649+00:00Comments on COUNCILLOR ANDREW BURNS' REALLY BAD BLOG: Hutchison Road planning applicationAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-28298561931105889022012-02-06T23:47:32.926+00:002012-02-06T23:47:32.926+00:00Girdi
Belated thanks for the futher comment.
I c...Girdi<br /><br />Belated thanks for the futher comment.<br /><br />I can only repeat my earlier response on this - I really am not someone widely regarded as a cheerleader for supermarket developments, and 100% residential would have been my 1st preference.<br /><br />Many thanks for checking out the blog.<br /><br />AndrewAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-21784640674639257042012-01-29T13:31:52.185+00:002012-01-29T13:31:52.185+00:00I find it staggering that you think it is appropri...I find it staggering that you think it is appropriate to support the development of yet another supermarket at Hutchison Road. The only reason a residential development isn't viable is that the price put on the land by the owner is to high. It's about time local politicians and central government took real action to take control of the land market as this the root of the problem in the housing market. Are we really saying that the only viable development on the land in Edinburgh is supermarkets or hundreds of flats that are suitable to the needs of only a few.Girdihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736674549800126892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-6277660956291757802011-11-23T19:52:12.098+00:002011-11-23T19:52:12.098+00:00Shandon
Thanks for the comment.
I take your poin...Shandon<br /><br />Thanks for the comment.<br /><br />I take your point entirely --- I'm not someone widely regarded as a cheerleader for supermarket developments, and 100% residential would have been my 1st preference: but such an application has been tried (amongst many others) and they've all come to absolutely nothing over the last +8 years.<br /><br />Local folk on the Hutchison Estate are heartily sick of 'absolutely nothing' happening to this site and they we're very supportive of the current mixed-use proposals.<br /><br />So, a difficult choice I know, but on balance I dd conclude the current mixed-use proposals were supportable.<br /><br />AndrewAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-69945825858377213532011-11-23T18:38:26.971+00:002011-11-23T18:38:26.971+00:00Andrew, I am not sure that sends out anything like...Andrew, I am not sure that sends out anything like the right signal: to get much needed affordable housing (if, indeed, the 40% target is ever actually delivered - let's watch that carefully) we have to thole yet another supermarket - on top of a mega ASDA at Chessr, Sainsbury in Gorgie and yet another Sainsbury just over in Longstone. I fail to see why the site is not viable as residential accommodation alone.Shandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407482559522731289noreply@blogger.com