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By backing a 544-bed hostel and then denying its support, the heritage body has let down the very communities it exists to protect, writes Philip Flockhart. Plans to convert A-listed Georgian townhouses on Atholl Crescent into a 544-bed capsule-style hostel have prompted dismay and disbelief across

Local residents trying to save a historic New Town street from a 544-bed “super hostel” have met face-to-face with one of Scotland’s most senior planning appeal officials. Residents and neighbours gathered in solidarity on Atholl Crescent as a Reporter from the Scottish Government&