News as at 4 February 2020
Buckley Building Ltd has withdrawn the planning application...
... but will submit a revised proposal.
Apparently the sale contract is still valid, but with some changes required to the planning application the developer considered it wise to withdraw the current scheme. The revised application should be submitted in March and should address the planning officers' concerns.
Comiston FarmHouse Today...
150 years old, in perfect condition, boarded up and peaceful...
The general consensus among residents was that the house should be retained, along with the 2 cedar and 3 lime trees (now protected by TPOs) with, if necessary, some appropriate and sensitive development approved as well.
An Interesting Old-and-New Side-by-Side View
The l.h.s. is the Ordnance Survey 1:1,250 (1944-1963) Edinburgh map. Click THIS LINK to take you to the site, and there you can change the l.h.s. map to various other maps to see what the plot looked like at different times in the past.
Where is it?
