PROPOSALS for up to 220 new homes have been tabled with council chiefs for a development hailed as a “catalyst” for the regeneration of Edinburgh’s Seafield area.
A planning application has been lodged by Manse (Seafield) and J Smart & Co (Contractors) for the proposed residential development, which would be built on the former Vauxhall Garage on Seafield Road. Affordable housing forms part of the plans.
While the Seafield area is currently dominated by industrial and car retail operations, the local development plan envisages alternative uses, such as residential.
If plans are approved, it is expected that work to redevelop the property could begin in 2023, following the relocation of the car showrooms to new purpose-built facilities.
Colin MacPherson of Manse, an Edinburgh-based property development company, said: “We are delighted to be bringing forward this planning application for Seafield. It will serve to act as a much-needed catalyst, meeting council aspirations for the overall regeneration of the area and its desire for residential development on brownfield sites to meet the city’s housing needs.”
The developers said in a statement that the proposals incorporated feedback from a public consultation event held in February 2021. A series of “positive” pre-application meetings have also been held with city council planning, highways, flood, environmental and landscape officials.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here