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SAVE THE FIELD - PROTECT EDINBURGH’S GREENBELT!

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Sheila Petrie
2 years ago

No more houses should be built in this area (Liberton, Gracemount, Fairmilehead) until services catch up. Brown field sites should be used first before anymore greenbelt areas used.

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Andrew Robertson
2 years ago

We need a green belt and the home for nature.

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Alison Ronald
2 years ago

My concerns are over the congestion on Frogston Road. There are large new housing estates all around this area now and this road will not cope with the volume. When there is a problem on the Bypass, Frogston Road is the alternative....can you imagine. Also, because of the new housing around this area, what's going to be put in place regarding Doctors, Dentists and Schools which are already bursting at the seams?

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Kenneth Ronald
2 years ago

This is agricultural land and should not be built on. The locals services, GPs, dentists, primary school, are full. The proposal will not help the homelessness issue as they claim. omodate

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Jackie Bain
2 years ago

We need more doctors, schools buses and dentists before we even think about building new houses.

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Carina Thallon-Black
2 years ago

Leave the land alone

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Mr and Mrs Broomfield
2 years ago

Totally against the Edinburgh City Council’s own local development plan 2030 which stated that this land is Greenbelt.

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Gayle Cunningham
2 years ago

Far too much building of new homes in the area already with little or no neww= infrastructure to match.

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Anonymous
2 years ago

This area should be kept green and congestion on the roads prevented

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Rebecca Wright
2 years ago

This development should not go ahead, there is not enough infrastructure (roads, GP surgeries, public transport) to support it. No more greenfield developments are needed to solve Edinburgh’s housing needs. This is not social housing so will do nothing to address housing problems. All it will do is make it more difficult for those who commute by bus (lower socioeconomic groups) to get to work as it will over congest the road.

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Anonymous
2 years ago

The traffic congestion and density of the area is bad enough already. Loss of green space will make it even worse.

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Anonymous
2 years ago Featured

The 2030 city plan for development has removed this area of land from future development due to it being green belt. We must only redevelop on brown field sites. Local infrastructure is pushed to its limits with lack of gp services and schools for these new developments.

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Catherine Fitchet
2 years ago

We need to retain some productive farm land locally. There are already far too many new houses being built without the necessary infrastructure. A balance must be maintained between the provision of homes and natural green spaces untouched by modern development otherwise the charm snd attraction of this suburban part of Edinburgh will be lost forever.

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Joe Hind
2 years ago

This development is not appropriate.

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Maxine Dundas
2 years ago

What is happening to our beautiful greenbelt? It means nothing now. This is nothing but money-making greed masquerading as social conscience. Build on brownfield sites and let Edinburgh retain her green. Edinburgh Council should be ashamed of itself allowing its greenbelt to be violated like this, allowing the building of ticky-tacky little box houses on its verdant surroundings.

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Kevin Seeruthun
2 years ago

The local area facilities (doctors, dentists, etc) are already at capacity. With a relatively poor bus service from the 11. Please look elsewhere for your development opportunities.

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Danny Scott
2 years ago Featured

Edinburgh doesn't need more 4/5 bedroom family homes. The density of housing here suggests more luxury homes of the sort that we don't need. The arguments for the development are all a fallacy. It's all about money.

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Mary
2 years ago

There is not enough infrastructure to support the current local population, doctors all full to capacity and not taking on new patients, no NHS dentists, schools full to capacity, no local shops. Traffic congestion already an issue on Frogston Road. These issues need to be addressed prior to building more houses.

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Douglas Mcgowan
2 years ago

Infrastructure improvement and community facilities required before any additional housing.

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Colin Anderson
2 years ago

This development must be opposed for numerous reasons.