Proposals for more than 200 new homes on the site of a Seafield car showroom have been backed by planners at Edinburgh City Council despite a wave of objections and concerns about residents being disturbed by barking from a neighbouring animal shelter.
Officials have urged councillors to grant permission for the principle of the major redevelopment project that would deliver two new blocks of flats overlooking the Firth of Forth.
However the council raised several issues with the site at 24 and 25 Seafield Road East, currently occupied by a car dealership, including noise from the Edinburgh Dog and Cat home next door and smells from Scotland's largest sewage treatment plant just a stone's throw away.
