Demo over Leith Docks revamp plan

Published on Monday 4 August 2008 10:56

A PROTEST group opposed to Forth Ports' plans to revamp Leith Docks is to stage a demo at a key part of the planning process.

Joined Up Master Planning (JUMP) are appealing to Leithers against the proposal to gather at the headquarters of Forth Ports when councillors arrive for a site visit on August 13.

They hope the members of the planning committee will be won over by their pleas to reject the outline application and consider alternatives.

The proposals for thousands of homes, leisure facilities and offices are too simplistic and not architecturally imaginative enough, according to the group.

JUMP spokeswoman Shaeron Averbuch said she suspected a decision would be taken in late August on the biggest ever planning application the city has dealt with.

She said: "Any further presentation by the JUMP group to the planning committee would only serve to reiterate some of the various key issues and to re-emphasise the magnitude of the proposed development and the great missed opportunity for Leith, the Edinburgh waterfront and the city of Edinburgh generally if permission is granted," she said.