Regarding the conditions for protecting Redhall House and Estate, please view the Council’s own Development Brief of 2004 and the Deed of Conditions of Sale of 2012.
We note with disappointment that the B-listed Redhall House, above the Water of Leith in Craiglockhart, has lain empty for six years now and that during that period its condition has visibly deteriorated such that it has been placed on the Buildings at Risk Register.
We note that when the Property was sold by the City of Edinburgh Council in 2007, conditions were placed on its re-development and maintenance which have not been observed.
We call on the City Council to ensure that the conditions placed on it at the time of sale are adhered to so that the Property is maintained, renovated and occupied in such a way that also preserves in full the setting of the open space around it
Petition Status
The Petitions Committee considered the petition on 23 January 2014
Petition submitted by (Business or Individual)
Individual
Name of petitioner
Mrs Ursula Adams on behalf of Craiglockhart Community Council
Opening date
26/11/2013
Closing date
17/01/2014
Total signatories
185
Petition Outcome
The Petitions Committee on 23 January 2014 agreed: 1) To refer the petition to the Finance and Resources Committee. 2) To ask the Director of Services for Communities to arrange a meeting with the owner of the property to ascertain their intentions regarding the site. 3) To ask the Director of Services for Communities to report to the Finance and Resources Committee on 20 March 2014 outlining: i) The background to the sale of the property and the surrounding area. ii) The conditions of the sale of Redhall House to the current owners. iii) Reasons why the conditions of sale have not been enforced. iv) Details of the current legal and planning position. v) The outcome of the meeting with the owner. vi) A proposed plan to deal with Redhall House and any potential future development of the site. vii) Details of the lessons learnt since the sale of Redhall House. 4) To ask that the Finance and Resources Committee report of 20 March 2014 is referred to the Governance Risk and Best Value Committee for detailed scrutiny.
Further Action
This petition was considered further at the Finance and Resources Committee on 20 March 2014, 7 May 2014, 5 June 2015 and 29 October 2015 and the Governance, Risk and Best Value Committee on 19 June 2014.
Links
1 <a href=" http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/3252/finance_and_resources_committee">Finance and Resources Committee 20 March 2014</a> 2 <a href=" http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/3285/finance_and_resources_committee">Finance and Resources Committee 7 May 2014</a> 3 <a href=" http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/3365/finance_and_resources_committee">Finance and Resources Committee 5 June 2014</a> 4<a href=" http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/3441/governance_risk_and_best_value_committee"> Governance, Risk and Best Value Committee on 19 June 2014 5 <a href=" http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/47298/item_714_ _redhall_house_and_lawn_progress_report.">Finance and Resources Committee 4 June 2015> 6 <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/48667/item_712_-_redhall_house_and_lawn_-_progress_report">Finance and Resources Committee 29 October 2015</a>
