Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh under threat

We have 12 days to sub­mit objec­tions to the plan­ning depart­ment.
please cir­cu­late wide­ly and respond asap.

The Autonomous Cen­tre of Edin­burgh is under threat as the land­lord has put in a plan­ning appli­ca­tion to turn the space into a flat. ACE is now the only social cen­tre left in scot­land.

We have recent­ly reopened after exten­sive ren­o­va­tions and con­tin­ue to be a valu­able resource

www.autonomous.org.uk for more infor­ma­tion on our cur­rent activ­i­ties

We have 12 days to sub­mit objec­tions to the plan­ning depart­ment.
please cir­cu­late wide­ly and respond asap.

The Autonomous Cen­tre of Edin­burgh is under threat as the land­lord has put in a plan­ning appli­ca­tion to turn the space into a flat. ACE is now the only social cen­tre left in scot­land.

We have recent­ly reopened after exten­sive ren­o­va­tions and con­tin­ue to be a valu­able resource

www.autonomous.org.uk for more infor­ma­tion on our cur­rent activ­i­ties

We need as many folk as pos­si­ble to write to the fol­low­ing address as soon as pos­si­ble — we have about 12 days left to object.

you can use the tem­plate let­ter below but it car­ries more weight if it is a per­son­al let­ter. please also include your name,address and the date:

kirsty.hope@edinburgh.gov.uk
Plan­ning and Strat­e­gy Depart­ment
for the atten­tion of Kirsty Hope
Waver­ley Court
Lev­el G2
4 East Mar­ket St
Edin­burgh EH8 8BG

with this sub­ject stat­ed:

Re Plan­ning Appli­ca­tion 07/02348/FUL

17 West Mont­gomery Place, Edin­burgh EH7 5HA

in sol­i­dar­i­ty
on behalf of ace
——————–

below attached let­ter

To the Head of Plan­ning and Strat­e­gy, City Devel­op­ment Depart­ment, City of Edin­burgh Coun­cil, 1 Cock­burn Street, Edin­burgh EH1 1ZJ

Re Plan­ning Appli­ca­tion 07/02348/FUL

17 West Mont­gomery Place, Edin­burgh EH7 5HA

Dear Sir/ Madam

I wish to object to the appli­ca­tion for plan­ning per­mis­sion to con­vert the above prop­er­ty into a flat. This would result in the loss of the valu­able com­mu­ni­ty facil­i­ty cur­rent­ly pro­vid­ed in these premis­es.

I con­sid­er that the ACE char­i­ty oper­at­ing in 17 West Mont­gomery Place pro­vides a very use­ful resource in this neigh­bour­hood, and serves a real local need.

I under­stand that the Council’s devel­op­ment pol­i­cy is to pro­tect local shops, com­mu­ni­ty halls and meet­ing rooms – I would urge that this pol­i­cy be adhered to, and that this plan­ning appli­ca­tion be refused.

Yours sin­cere­ly

SIGNATURE

Any addi­tion­al com­ment :

ace@autonomous.org.uk
http://www.autonomous.org.uk

If you could also send a copy of your mes­sage to the local coun­cil­lors for the Lei­th Walk ward, that would be great.
Here are their details.

Coun­cil­lor Angela Black­lock (Labour)
angela.blacklock@edinburgh.gov.uk

Coun­cil­lor Dei­dre Brock (Scot­tish Nation­al Par­ty)
deidre.brock@edinburgh.gov.uk

Coun­cil­lor Mag­gie Chap­man (Green Par­ty)
maggie.chapman@edinburgh.gov.uk
as she is on hol­i­day, please also send to
Coun­cil­lor Ali­son John­stone (Green Par­ty)
alison.johnstone@edinburgh.gov.uk

Coun­cil­lor Louise Lang (Lib­er­al Democ­rats)
louise.lang@edinburgh.gov.uk