Development includes 847 net-zero ready homes on the city’s largest brownfield site, addressing the housing emergency and helping achieve climate action goals.
Plans for the largest regeneration project of its kind in Scotland for a new environmentally friendly coastal town in Edinburgh have been given the go-ahead.
The development includes 847 net-zero ready homes to be built in partnership with Cruden Homes on the Scottish capital’s largest brownfield site.
Addressing housing emergency
Edinburgh City Council’s Development Management Sub-Committee unanimously agreed a planning application for the first phase of the £1.3bn regeneration project to transform Granton Waterfront.
The energy-efficient homes will be a mixture of social rent, mid-market rent and homes for sale catering for families and those who require wheelchair accessibility. The new development will create attractive local living for residents by providing capacity for a new primary school and a low carbon heat network.
There will also be commercial units, active travel routes and other sustainable transport infrastructure as well as attractive public and open space. This first phase of regeneration in Granton Waterfront will be delivered from 2025 to 2032.
As part of the council’s strategy to address the city’s housing emergency, 45 per cent of the homes will be affordable.
“This is a welcome news for Edinburgh as we can now continue our exciting plans to transform the north of the city into a thriving environmentally friendly new neighbourhood which people will want to call home, work in and visit,” said council leader Cammy Day.
“After declaring a housing emergency last year it is vital that much of the housing provided will be affordable. Using the latest advances in technology the homes will also be energy efficient keeping bills down for our tenants as well as helping the city to transition to net zero and meet our other climate goals.”
The council’s regeneration plans are already well underway at Granton Waterfront with some early projects taking shape. Tenants are already moving into 75 new net zero ready homes for social and mid-market rent at Granton Station View with over 400 net zero ready homes for social rent, mid-market rent and homes for sale at Western Villages due to become available next year.
A further 143 net zero ready social and mid-market rent homes at Silverlea are also due for completion in Summer 2026.
At the heart of this nationally significant development of Edinburgh’s coastline sits the Granton Gasholder now known as ‘Gas Holder 1’. A new public park is almost complete within its frame and as the scaffolding has been removed following restoration, it is once again a spectacular focal point in the area. Another historic building, the former Granton Station, has been refurbished and it now has its own square.
“This £1.3bn project is the largest regeneration scheme of its kind in Scotland,” said Day. “It is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to bring communities together, with affordable energy efficient housing to live well locally with access to shops, cultural, leisure and education and health facilities and job opportunities all nearby. We’ll also make sure Granton Waterfront has excellent active travel and public transport links to rest of the city and beyond as well as to the many established communities already in the area.”
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Quelle/Source: Smart Cities World, 22.11.2024
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