{"id":42627,"date":"2025-04-08T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42627"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:28:02","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-whs-doorstep-ramp-does-not-reflect-edinburgh-world-heritage-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42627","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (WHS) doorstep\u2019: Ramp does not reflect Edinburgh World Heritage advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Edinburgh-Cityscape-by-Fiona-Newton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Edinburgh-Cityscape-by-Fiona-Newton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7771\" style=\"width:228px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration &#8211; Edinburgh Skyline by Fiona Newton<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A ramp built in the centre of Charlotte Square has prompted questions from locals and criticism from Edinburgh World Heritage, notes <em>The Edinburgh Reporter.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Edinburgh Reporter<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ramp is, we understand, part of wider plans to improve the square\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cllr Whyte asked for work on these streets to be brought to a halt meantime \u2018until the safety considerations raised by New Town and Broughton Community Council are investigated\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A council officer responded\u2026 that the council has a duty over accessibility\u2026 council will look at enhancing the look of the ramp..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Town &amp; Broughton Community Council wrote in their deputation: \u2018it is not clear what the interim solution is intended to achieve and whether the money that has been spent on this work represents good value for the city and its residents\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/01\/ramp-does-not-reflect-edinburgh-world-heritage-advice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration &#8211; Edinburgh Skyline by Fiona Newton A ramp built in the centre of Charlotte Square has prompted questions from locals and criticism from Edinburgh World Heritage, notes The Edinburgh Reporter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,30,23,29,16],"class_list":["post-42627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-environment","tag-expertise","tag-heritage","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42627","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42628,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42627\/revisions\/42628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}