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planning policy context within which future decisions will be taken on planning applications, including, in addition to the development plan, the Council’s guidance on the protection of key views in the City and the Edinburgh World Heritage Site Management Plan. The brief also establishes a set of development principles to guide HGI in the development of its proposals. These are grouped under the following headings: • to establish a retail‐led mixed use urban quarter; • to enhance movement and access to and within the St James Quarter; • to place sustainability at the core of the future redevelopment proposals; • to respect and enhance the skyline and key views; and, • to create a clearly recognisable sense of place and strong identity for the Quarter that links to the surrounding areas. Following the approval of the development brief, the Council embarked upon a second series of workshops and meetings with HGI to advise on specific matters, including design development, transport issues, and the planning application process. An outline planning application was submitted to the City Council, as local planning authority, on 19 th September 2008. This seeks to establish acceptance of the proposals in principle, define the mix and quantum of land uses, and the principal points of vehicular access and egress. Reserved Matters applications proposing an architectural treatment will follow in due course. The Council is presently assessing the proposals of the application and awaits a number of consultation responses from statutory consultees. 11.4 Leith Docks Redevelopment proposals for a 190‐hectare site of largely active docks at Leith, approximately 2 miles outside the WHS. The Leith Docks site contains both Listed Buildings and Scheduled Monuments, which the Leith Docks Development Framework (LDDF) commits to retain. The LDDF was approved by the City of Edinburgh Council as Supplementary Planning Guidance in February 2005. This sets out the main development 48
principles for the redevelopment of Leith Docks with regard to principles on: access; mixed use; urban grain and public realm; development heights; car parking; landscape structure; and the protection of key views and vistas. In 2007 an outline planning application, the largest ever in Edinburgh, was submitted for the entire site. This divides the docks into 9 separate village areas which will be the subject of a series of masterplans at detailed design and planning permission stage. CEC have recently considered the application and are minded to grant planning permission subject to the applicant being first referred to Scottish Ministers. The application must be referred to Ministers for the following reasons: it is an Environmental Impact Assessment development; the Health and Safety Executive had advised against the granting of planning permission; and it is contrary to the adopted North East Edinburgh Local Plan which promotes Leith Docks for largely industrial uses. Although the application is contrary to this aspect of the adopted Local Plan, the application is compliant with a range of other material considerations including the more up to‐date Finalised Edinburgh City Plan and the LDDF. In the circumstances, CEC are satisfied that the policy context entirely justifies the proposed departure from the development plan. Indicative proposals take account of key views back into the World Heritage Site. 49
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