Our bold plan for sustainable development in the Capital has passed another milestone after the Planning Committee agreed it today (Wednesday, 23 October).
This follows Scottish Ministers giving Council the go ahead to adopt the plan with minor changes. It will now be considered for final approval at Council on Thursday 7 November.
Cllr James Dalgleish Planning Convener said:
“I’m delighted that . It will allow us to guide sustainable development across Edinburgh after being considered by all councillors in a couple of weeks.
“When approved, it will help us meet the very real challenges of climate change and population growth. The plan will help us use brownfield land where we can rather than using precious greenfield field sites and after declaring a housing emergency last year it is very important it proposes to increase the affordable housing requirement for new development to 35%.”