22 Feb 2023: New Town & Broughton Community Council (NTBCC)
NTBCC has today published details of its end-2022 commissioned Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) on the City Council-proposed roll-out of Communal Bin Hubs in parts of the New Town and Old Town World Heritage Site.
The commissioned report follows strong opposition both to the Council’s intended programme of intensive Bin Hub networks across the conservation areas and to the absence of a prior Impact Assessment and acceptable mitigation measures. This opposition was led by NTBCC and by New Town Residents’ Associations.
The HIA Study (by heritage consultants Simpson & Brown) highlights the risks to the appearance and character of the conservation areas in themselves and the risks to ‘outstanding universal value’ and to Edinburgh Key Views embedded in the World Heritage Site itself.
See the report here:
http://www.ntbcc.org.uk/onte-world-heritage-site-communal-bin-review-heritage-impact-assessment/
For more information, contact NTBCC Chair, Carol Nimmo, at
End/KR