Work on the 5.9-acre site of the former Royal Bank of Scotland HQ between Dundas St and King George V Park, due to start in July, has been delayed again. Major changes to the plans originally consented in Sept 2021 (20/03034/FUL) are on the way (see Masterplan image below).
Spurtle has been following the lack of obvious progress in completing refurbishment of the Powderhall Stables as artist studios, micro offices, and public meeting space. We’ve also been interested in the stalled development of mixed senior housing and nursery on the former bowling-green site adjacent.
Leith Central Community Council has joined 76 other objectors in opposing Unite Group PLC’s application to build a 5-storey extension to the side of Shrub Hill House at 8 Middlefield (24/02439/FUL). The proposal would create 20 studio flats with en suites for students. There was one message of support.
CSG Projects Ltd wants to build a Richard Murphy-designed 5-bdrm home on land it owns between the office at 12 Blenheim Pl and Greenside Parish Church (24/01889/FUL).
Leith Central Community Council opposes plans to convert the bingo hall at 26 Manderston Street into purpose-built student accommodation (24/01162/FUL).
Gone now, but I can still smell the place's signature scent of beer, bleach and stale cigarette smoke.
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Edinburgh Council has submitted plans for Phase 1 of a mixed housing development on the site of the former Powderhall Waste Transfer Station at 165 Broughton Rd (24/01569/FUL).
Below we summarise some of the principal features of what, at first glance, appears to be an attractive and well-conceived addition to Edinburgh’s housing stock.
A community engagement event to discuss latest plans for the Broughton Road/McDonald Rd/St Mark’s Path junction will take place on Wednesday 24 January (3.30–7.00pm) in the Link building classrooms at Broughton Primary School.
The junction requires attention because of its proximity to the school and the imminent arrival of new housing on the sites of the former bowling greens and Powderhall Waste Transfer Station.
Consultants Stantec aim to encourage and prioritise active travel and make it safer.
S1 Developments Ltd wants to change the use of the hotel at 14–15 Claremont Crescent and reconfigure it as seven 2-bdrm flats with two separate 3-bdrm mews dwellings and limited on-site parking for cars and bikes behind (23//070507/LBC and 23/07058/FUL).
Frustration about Picardy Place congestion and the charmless new ‘Fantasy Island’ at its centre ignited on social media over the weekend.
Over 50k X users viewed Spurtle’s brief attempt at positive thinking and later observation that sitters in the space are obliged to face outwards towards the traffic rather than inwards towards some unimaginative planting.