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Edinburgh critics will fight on

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2007 / April 13

Heritage campaigners have pledged to step up their campaign to block a £300 million scheme for Edinburgh's Old Town as it begins its passage through planning. The campaigners claim the Caltongate project, masterplanned by Allan Murray for developer Mountgrange, will jeopardise the city's Unesco world heritage status. The scheme includes a hotel, a live music venue with a capacity of up to 1,500, and more than 200 homes, with schemes by Malcolm Fraser, RHWL, Zone Architects and Page & Park. Despite a number of changes made ahead of its recent submission for planning permission, the Save Our Old Town campaign has vowed to continue fighting the project.

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