A wave of regeneration is sweeping across a former industrial coastline.
From Granton through Leith Docks to Seafield, thousands of private and rental homes are in the pipeline.
New plans for 81 new homes at the Edinburgh Marina site that are an important part of the historic Granton Harbour redevelopment have been lodged with the City of Edinburgh Council.
The proposed site is located in the Granton Harbour development master plan, the application reads: “It sits in the centre of the site.
“The development of the site will form an integral part of this new coastal community.”
Granton Harbour dates from the 1830s and was built by the 5th Duke of Buccleuch.
It is now at the centre of a major regeneration.
READ MORE:
Plans brought forward for homes at Edinburgh Marina
Plan for 850 homes at Edinburgh's largest brownfield site
Harbour housing sites for sale
The application is a new bid after earlier proposals were rejected partly due to the “level of information provided in relation to future flood risk and the risk posed to the development from wave over-topping”.
A report by EnviroCentre Limited for Edinburgh Marina includes a new flood risk study and information on over-topping and states that “the proposed development is determined to be compliant with SEPA’s development management guidance on flood risk”.
This new proposal, now the council planners, is one of a raft of new housing sites along the Firth of Forth and north Edinburgh.
Proposals for almost 850 new homes at Granton, part of a masterplan for 3,500, have also been brought forward by the City of Edinburgh Council in partnership with Cruden Homes.
The plans "to transform part of the Scottish capital’s largest brownfield site into an exciting new development" will include net zero homes, capacity for a new primary school and low carbon heat network, and shops and offices.
The reimagination of Ocean Terminal by the Glasgow-based Ambassador Group and Ocean Point will together bring hundreds of homes.
A Forth Ports plan for Leith at Harbour 31 includes more than 300 new homes, while plans for almost 100 new homes and two commercial units at Salamander Street and Salamander Yards were approved last month.
A little further east, there is a Seafield Regeneration consultation ongoing which closes on July 31.
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