An Edinburgh city centre scrapyard is set to be replaced by purpose-built student accommodation next to the Union Canal under new plans proposed to the city council.
The site, at 23 Yeaman Place, located just off Fountain Park, will see all existing buildings and structures demolished to make way for the development with publicly accessible routes from both Yeaman Place and Dundee Street to the Union Canal, with the latter requiring a stair-bike ramp. It is proposed that four new buildings will be erected, comprising 148 studio student bed spaces in total.
A six-storey block with an upper floor setback is also proposed on the corner of Yeaman Place. A five-storey block could consume the south west corner of the site adjacent to the Union Canal and two lower buildings are proposed in the centre of the site, being three-storeys in height to reflect a courtyard.
