Councillor Ian Perry, Convener of Edinburgh's Planning Committee has responded to representations made to the city's Local Development Plan (LDP).

Councillor Perry said: "I welcome the 2,226 individual and organisations who have submitted comments in response to the proposals and they will all be considered before any final decision is taken.

"The majority of comments are against proposals to allow housing development on some green field sites but some house builders are telling us that more green field sites should be allocated.


"Edinburgh needs to grow and as a consequence more homes need to be built. One of the challenges facing the Council is to balance the need for growth with the protection of our green spaces.

"We have already identified brownfield sites that can accommodate about 89% of the total number of homes expected to be built. We must look at ways to bring forward development on these sites but unfortunately this will not be enough.

"Some green field sites will have to be identified for development in order to achieve the amount of housing required by the Government as part of their growth plan for the city."

(JP/CD)