Work on garden trees – pruning or felling – within the conservation area of Merchiston and Greenhill is regulated by the City of Edinburgh Council. This paper is a guide for residents on the rules and how they apply There is less protection for trees in the conservation area than you might think! Those …
Remember this? MCC has been busy trying to influence key people in the City Council & elsewhere to take up the proposals in our Polwarth report. There’s some disappointing news, but also some encouraging developments. Here’s a short update. MCC December 2023
And now the hard part starts… Merchiston Community Council is glad to announce that its report on the Polwarth Roundabout is now complete and has been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. You can find the final report at this link. It now includes a report from Police Scotland, a new section on implementation, …
Thanks to all of you who commented on our draft report on the Polwarth Roundabout. We have been busy revising the report before submitting it to the City of Edinburgh Council.
Since our last post, we have been getting to grips with the huge amount of useful material in your written responses to the survey on the Polwarth Roundabout. We have some 800-900 comments on specific matters and are close to finishing our analysis of these. This report gives you a quick peek at our initial analysis of …
We’ve had a fantastic response to the survey about the Polwarth Roundabout. One hundred and sixty – yes, 160! – people took the time and trouble to complete the survey, whether on paper or online. Many thanks to all of you. Headline Results We have a wealth of data that we now need to examine in detail. But …