{"id":11703,"date":"2015-12-16T16:10:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T16:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=11703"},"modified":"2015-12-15T17:57:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T17:57:08","slug":"ihbc-strategic-update-edinburgh-whs-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=11703","title":{"rendered":"IHBC strategic update: Edinburgh WHS in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7771\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Edinburgh-Cityscape-by-Fiona-Newton-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"edinburgh view\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/strong><u>Recent media reports have once again been voicing opinions on the planning applications affecting the City of Edinburgh World Heritage Sites \u2013 focus of much of the IHBC\u2019s Annual School in 2014 &#8211; with a major planning application for the listed buildings forming the former Royal High School and other developments in the city, some of which will be reported on in the 2016 School in Worcester.<\/u><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p>A selection of articles on this and the WHS designation are below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2015\/dec\/03\/edinburgh-conundrum-heritage-city-museum\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a>&#8211;<strong> \u2018<\/strong>Edinburgh&#8217;s conundrum: can you be a heritage city but not a museum?\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/heritage\/people-places\/calls-to-protect-edinburgh-world-heritage-site-1-3960997\" target=\"_blank\">The Scotsman<\/a> \u2013 \u2018Calls to protect Edinburgh world heritage site\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/14109784.Unesco_advisers_call_for_investigation_into_Edinburgh_World_Heritage_site\/?ref=arc\" target=\"_blank\">The Herald<\/a>&#8211; \u2018Unesco advisers seek probe into Edinburgh World Heritage site after controversial plans including former Royal High school hotel on Calton Hill\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/homenews\/13849171.Edinburgh_City_Council_receives_over_2_000_objections_to_controversial_Royal_High_hotel_plans\/?ref=rss\" target=\"_blank\">The Herald<\/a>&#8211; \u2018Edinburgh City Council receives over 2,000 objections to controversial Royal High hotel plans\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View <a href=\"https:\/\/citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk\/idoxpa-web\/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&amp;keyVal=NTYAX6EWFPK00\" target=\"_blank\">information<\/a> about the Royal High School proposals on the Edinburgh City Council online planning system<\/p>\n<p>For the 2016 School and other past schools see the IHBC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/learning\/page38\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent media reports have once again been voicing opinions on the planning applications affecting the City of Edinburgh World Heritage Sites \u2013 focus of much of the IHBC\u2019s Annual School in 2014 &#8211; with a major planning application for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=11703\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11704,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11703\/revisions\/11704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}