Appeal over High School hotel plans

A DEVELOPER is set to appeal a council’s decision to refuse planning permission for a hotel at the site of the old Royal High School in Edinburgh.

Duddingston House Properties and Urbanist Hotels have announced that they will try to get City of Edinburgh council’s ruling on their plans for the Calton Hill site overturned.

David Orr, co-founder of Urbanist Hotels said: ‘We have advised the planning and environmental appeals division of the Scottish Government that it is our intention to appeal the council’s committee decision.’