Plans by a casino company for a new 24-hour slots parlor in an Edinburgh neighborhood have been dashed after an appeal against the refusal of planning permission was rejected.
Merkur Casino sought to open the venue at 181 Morrison Street, in the site of a former Carpet Rite showroom which has been closed for over a year.
But Edinburgh council officers rejected their planning application – and Edinburgh’s Planning Local Review Body voted on Wednesday to deny the appeal.
The company had said in their appeal that they’d be willing to switch from 24-hour operation – like in their slots parlours on Nicolson Street and Leith Walk – to 8am–midnight.
