The former Scottish Law Commission building in Edinburgh's south side could be demolished to make way for student accommodation.
A pre-application notice has been submitted to the council detailing plans for the vacant building at 140 Causewayside to be bulldozed and replaced with a block of student flats.
Building firm Balfour Beatty has said the site in question is an established student location near the University of Edinburgh and the King's Buildings campus, with a mix of studio and cluster apartments proposed.
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The applicant, Montagu Evans, has proposed a 12-week consultation period which will include two consultation events. According to the firm, the development will serve to address an increasing student demand in the capital, ensuring that they are occupying purpose-built accommodation rather than other homes in the city more appropriate for families.
A cover letter submitted to the council on behalf of the applicant reads: "Balfour Beatty has already committed to Scotland and Edinburgh and owns and operates over 1,600 purpose built student accommodation beds across Scotland.
"Of these, 1,180 PBSA beds were built for the University of Edinburgh in an award winning post-graduate accommodation scheme. BBI wishes to further invest in the City of Edinburgh with the development at Causewayside, in order to positively regenerate the site and meet the ever growing local student demand.
"The provision of managed PBSA will therefore serve to reduce pressure on homes in the city more appropriate for families but which are occupied by students."
The building in question is the former headquarters of the Scottish Law Commission, an advisory non-departmental public body of Scottish Government established in 1965 to keep Scots Law under review.
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