tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post1256845029916874987..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Proposed Developments for Water of Leith at SlatefordCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-90417564973878504792015-12-23T07:39:18.806+00:002015-12-23T07:39:18.806+00:00Hi Virgina - the issue is complicated at this site...Hi Virgina - the issue is complicated at this site as the land is already in use (there are no plans to build on areas that are currently natural) and the application is to change use of the area. The issues are around the scale of the proposed new developments and the increased number of residents they would bring into the area and the impact this would have on the surrounding area. I'm going to blog about this again very soon.<br /><br /> Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-44760934619472512462015-12-23T07:37:39.721+00:002015-12-23T07:37:39.721+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-9409705904795879032015-12-22T23:47:42.696+00:002015-12-22T23:47:42.696+00:00In California, our CA Environmental Quality Act re...In California, our CA Environmental Quality Act requires "avoidance" as the first option meaning all new impacts must be avoided. They must locate a project in a<br />low impact or even disturbed area. They have to show they have exhausted this as an option before expanding the project footprint into untouched land. Then it goes into "minimizing" and finally, if an area is going to be, well, all but destroyed, it's called "mitigation". They have to mitigate the impacts by buying up land to protect, restoring habitat off-site, etc. Of course, it's political as hell and often has nothing to do with the "environmental impacts". I am afraid it all comes down to who sits on your local board/council.<br /><br />Good for you Juliet!ArthuringOnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195428394133325260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-51622836938123162422015-12-18T02:50:49.808+00:002015-12-18T02:50:49.808+00:00Good to have groups and citizens watching these ki...Good to have groups and citizens watching these kinds of things and studying and making appropriate comments. Yay! Money always talks loud.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-7265952682725121382015-12-17T20:13:49.582+00:002015-12-17T20:13:49.582+00:00All the new housing developments here are horrible...All the new housing developments here are horrible cheap affairs, boxes with windows. One has just gone up next to the nature reserve I run through.Simon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.com