Among the new proposals put forward are three mixed-use developments, including one at the site of a Leith scrapyard which featured in the T2 Trainspotting sequel.
The council’s planning department will also decide upon applications to turn an empty office into a medical clinic, plans to transform a Gorgie industrial unit into a new gym, and proposals for a new adventure playground in Wester Hailes.
There are also proposals for a replacement skatepark in Burdiehouse, the demolition of a water works in Fairmilehead, an extension to a city high school and plans to turn a section of a large empty office block into a new dental surgery.
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5. New medical centre
Dr Liliana Ramirez has applied to the council for a change of use from office to medical clinic at 14 Belford Road (open door on the left) in the Inverleith/ Dean Village area of Edinburgh. No external alterations are required for the change of use. However, on the ground floor, an office and small storage space at the rear will be changed into a treatment room if the plans are approved by the council's planning department. While on the lower ground floor, the two main office areas would make way for five treatment rooms, a reception, waiting area, staff room and new corridor. The toilet facilities on the lower floor would remain, although the adjacent kitchen and storage space would be replaced by a utility area and a vanity area. Windows to the rear would be replaced to suit new partition arrangement, and another two windows would be replaced with timber sash and case, double-glazed units. The final proposed change would see a new drainage branch added to connect into the existing external soil pipes. | Google Maps
6. Water works to make way for mixed use development
Scottish Water has submitted a proposal of application notice for the demolition of all existing buildings at its Fairmilehead Water Treatment Works plant at 55 Buckstone Terrace, and to build a residential-led mixed-used development and other associated works and infrastructure including car parking, servicing, access arrangements and landscaping. With the plans at such an early stage there are no more details about the plans that have yet been made public. However, public consultation events on the plans were held at Fairmilehead Parish Church on March 11 and 25, and the local councillors, community council, MP and MSP have been informed. Scottish Water said: "As part of a wider property review, we have decided to move our Edinburgh office to a more accessible location in the city centre and repurpose the Fairmilehead site for long-term use. We are considering redevelopment plans as we prepare to transfer office functions from Fairmilehead, aiming to eventually sell the site when it is no longer needed for operational use. We are still in the early stages of planning, and no final design or layout has been decided. Our priority is to ensure the site can be redeveloped in a way that is well‑considered, sustainable, and respectful of the surrounding community." | Google Maps
7. New adventure playground
Local community group Wester Hailes Growing Communities (WHGC) lodged a planning application with the council on March 10 to build an adventure playground on an area of grassland 44 metres north of 10 Hailesland Grove. Under the proposals, a ’natural play landscape/ public outdoor play area with playful landscaping and fixed equipment play options’ would be installed on the 70m x 40m currently vacant plot of land. The proposed design is a combination of playful landscaped mounds and three main play zones connected by paths. While, most of the equipment pits will be bark chipping. The community group’s main aims are to create a dynamic play environment with the widest possible range of play options for all ages and abilities, and a pro-ecological play environment which benefits local children, youth, families, playworkers and nature. Under the plans, an enclosed free play zone will be built for supervised and loose parts play. Adjacent would be a water play area with a connecting entrance to the free play zone. There would be spaces between the mounds for gentle and quieter play, for social play and recreation, as well as for “high energy movement play and for adaptive hi-energy play”. The play landscape is designed to work with the enclosed adjacent existing community garden to support the nurturing of biodiversity, plants and trees. | Tassy Thompson
8. Mixed-use development to replace scrapyard
Plans have been lodged to turn a Leith scrapyard into a mixed use development with 123 flats and a retail unit. The site, next to Trainspotting character Sick Boy’s flat in the sequel movie T2, is owned by Stephen G Dalton & Son who have operated a metal scrapyard at 52-66 Salamander Street for over 30 years. Previous proposals to build student accommodation at the site were rejected in February last year due to flooding concerns. The scrap metal company has now submitted plans to the council’s planning department to transform the site into a mixed use development including a residential development with build to rent and purpose-built student accommodation. The plans also include commercial/ retail floorspace at street level, with associated amenity space, landscaping and cycle parking. The previous planning application for this site delivered a housing mix split equating to 60 per cent purpose-built student accommodation and 40 per cent build-to-rent apartments. The new revised plans are for 90 per cent build to rent, 35 per cent of which will be affordable housing, and 10 per cent student accommodation. The proposed private greenspace to the south of the development acts as one continuous, accessible landscape, which equates to 28 per cent of the total site area. | 56three Architects