News date:
11th Feb 2014Story
Come along to Tanners on the Lanark Road on TUESDAY 11 FEBRUARY at 7.30pm.
The possible loss of Curriemuirend Park to housing development has been exercising Juniper Green CC and the Friend of Curriemuirend Park for many months. CEC has earmarked it as a site that could meet in Scottish Government's housing target for south east Scotland, while we are strongly opposed to the potential sacrifice of another valuable green space while brownfield sites in the city remain undeveloped. The site has several drawbacks as a residential area, not least difficulty of access, with the slip road to the bypass on one side and the dual carriageway of Wester Hailes Road on the other, plus the traffic hazards facing young children attending Juniper Green Primary School. The Scottish Government requirement that some 5000 more houses than proposed should be built in the Edinburgh area of which 2500 would have to be built on new sites increases pressure on planners. With these conditions in mind, CEC has commissioned a feasibility study into the suitability of the site for housing. Come and join us at a public meeting, where the results of the study will be revealed.