The restoration of an abandoned former Edinburgh care home is set to get the go ahead.
Proposals were drawn up last year for Comiston Farmhouse, on Pentland View, to be converted into a three-bedroom block of flats, as well as the erection of six new residential dwellings surrounding it.
The mansion-like building, which has been boarded up for years, has been the subject of multiple planning proposals in the past, and managed to escape a potential demolition project at one point.
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The site is between Swan Spring Avenue and Pentland Drive that leads to a circular track road within the site. The two-storey stone-built farmhouse and garden is located within the centre.
The farmhouse was formerly a care home run by the council before it became vacant in 2016. Details of the new proposals would see the site completely re-imagined.
The application seeks to convert the existing farmhouse building to form three flats, and to erect six new semi-detached houses with associated landscaping and alterations.
The new builds will be two storeys, semi-detached with pitched roofs. They will have four bedrooms with private garden grounds. It is proposed to remove additions to the rear of the building, and to remove a standalone outbuilding within the site.
It is also proposed to erect two contemporary-styled, single storey extensions on the west and south elevation on the existing building. The flatted units will have two bedrooms, and two of the flatted units will have private gardens.
A segment taken from the development and sub-committee meeting agenda on Wednesday, March 15, reads: "The proposed development complies with NPF4 policies in relation to sustainable, liveable, and productive places.
"The proposed development complies with the Edinburgh Local Development Plan policies as the proposed development design is acceptable, future occupiers will have acceptable level of living amenity within the development and neighbouring amenity will not be adversely affected.
"A legal agreement is required to secure contributions for education infrastructure. The proposals are acceptable and There are no material considerations that would outweigh this conclusion. It is recommended that the application be approved."
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