STOP S1 Development's attempt to change 14 & 15 Claremont Cres. from residential, long-term housing to short-term, non-residential accommodations

Let’s keep neighbour-focused communities - they support health and well-being, reducing demands placed on Police and Health & Social Care.

Resident in Claremont Crescent 35 years. This new proposal is in direct conflict with the earlier plan to increase residential accommodation in the crescent, which I supported. Serviced apartments are not required in Claremont Crescent (we have a housing crisis in Edinburgh), nor are they wanted (they would have an adverse effect on our community) .

Resident of crescent for 12 years.

This would be so inappropriate. There are too many short-term lets across Edinburgh already.

Claremont Crescent is a quiet, local community-oriented residential enclave in which the residents, most of whom are long term owner-occupiers, enjoy a happy and neighbourly co-existence. Sad to say, the proposed change to the planning application for no. 14 & 15, a property situated at the very heart of the Crescent, threatens to undermine its very nature and character.

Such a massive and destructive intervention to a close not and social community of neighbours will be drastically changed negatively by this proposed change.

As a resident of 19 Claremont Crescent, I am deeply concerned about the direct impact this proposed change will have on my daily life and the character of our neighborhood. S1 Developments originally presented this project as a valuable contribution to addressing the pressing need for residential housing in our area. The proposed shift to serviced apartments appears to be a disregard for the disruption and negative changes this would impose on our community. The influx of basically short-term “renters’’, including the amount of tourists coming and going, increased noise levels, increased foot traffic, and the further strain on already limited residential parking will fundamentally alter the peaceful nature of Claremont Crescent. This proposal is not in line with maintaining the quiet, close-knit community that we have cultivated, and it demonstrates a lack of respect for the historical significance of the Crescent and the vision of its original architects and builders.

I was happy with the hotel being turned into residential flats. I am not happy at all about them potentially being turned into serviced apartments.

Shocking behaviour by a respected local builder. Edinburgh is crying out for flats during this housing emergency. We feel hoodwinked!