Craighouse development campaigners want review

By PARIS GOURTSOYANNIS
Published 30th Apr 2015, 15:59 BST
Campaigners have fought the Craighouse development plans. Picture: Neil HannaCampaigners have fought the Craighouse development plans. Picture: Neil Hanna
Campaigners have fought the Craighouse development plans. Picture: Neil Hanna
Campaigners fighting plans to redevelop a former Napier University campus at Craighouse, including the construction of dozens of new homes on parkland, will seek a judicial review.

The Friends of Craighouse Grounds and Wood have raised over £9,000 through crowd-funding and have securing a preliminary hearing on June 26th, according to its spokespeople.

Campaigners claim vital information was “kept from the public” as developers the Craighouse Partnership went through the planning process, with the Evening News revealing that valuations for the site submitted to councillors different from those used by sales agents just a month later.

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Rosy Barnes, Chair of the Friends, said: “What happened at Craighouse was a travesty - everyone who watched the hearing knows that.

“The public have been badly let down. This is a case that flew in the face of democracy and planning policy.