Losing more residential properties to short term lets….

Leith Links is currently facing a Planning Application that would turn a local property with planning permission for residential flats into short term serviced holiday lets. The same thing is also happening in other parts of the city – bizarrely, under a Council with a self-declared ‘Housing Emergency’ and supposedly a predisposition to refuse permission for short term lets…

If you have concerns about this trend, you might like to support Leith’s near neighbours in the Broughton area,  and to sign a petition that has just opened, concerning Claremont Crescent, EH7 4HX. Like Leith Links, this is a residential area, with many gracious large Georgian houses. Should these be turned into places for transient tourist use, (and setting a precedent for more to follow, perhaps?) with a risk of ‘hollowing out’ the local residential community? Are ‘serviced apartments’ the new Purpose Built Student Accommodation (i.e. maximum profits for developers, negative impact on local communities)?

Click here to sign:

STOP S1 Development’s attempt to change 14 & 15 Claremont Cres. from residential, long-term housing to short-term, non-residential accommodations