{"id":48020,"date":"2026-09-15T13:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48020"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:25:46","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-historic-status-ruled-out-for-edinburgh-block-earmarked-for-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48020","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Historic status ruled out for Edinburgh block earmarked for demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1280px-Westfield_Court2C_Gorgie_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7653686.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1280px-Westfield_Court2C_Gorgie_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7653686-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1280px-Westfield_Court2C_Gorgie_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7653686-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1280px-Westfield_Court2C_Gorgie_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7653686-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1280px-Westfield_Court2C_Gorgie_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7653686-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1280px-Westfield_Court2C_Gorgie_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7653686.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">i<em>mage: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=48020&amp;action=edit\">Westfield Court, Gorgie by\u00a0Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plans to give listed status to an Edinburgh block of flats have been dropped, clearing the way for the City of Edinburgh Council to press ahead with a buy-back programme, reports <em>Scottish Housing News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Scottish Housing News<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision brings relief to many owners at Westfield Court in Gorgie who had campaigned against listing, fearing they would be left with repair bills they could never afford\u2026 also welcome news for the council, which wants to demolish the building and has plans to replace it with new social housing. But\u2026others\u2026 worry that demolition will mean being forced to sell\u2026 at a reduced price<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The council\u2019s position<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The council has pointed to costs as central to its opposition to listing\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No final decision on demolition has yet been taken..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishhousingnews.com\/articles\/historic-status-ruled-out-for-edinburgh-block-earmarked-for-demolition\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: Westfield Court, Gorgie by\u00a0Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Plans to give listed status to an Edinburgh block of flats have been dropped, clearing the way for the City of Edinburgh Council to press ahead with a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48020\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[229,820,29,456,83],"class_list":["post-48020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-demolition","tag-edinburgh","tag-heritage","tag-listing","tag-scotland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48020","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48022,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48020\/revisions\/48022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}