Developers Manse and J. Smart & Co have jointly submitted a planning application for the delivery of a residential development on the site of the former Vauxhall Garage on Seafield Road East.
The proposed redevelopment should create up to 220 new homes, including affordable housing, on a brownfield site currently used as car showrooms.
The application for Planning Permission in Principle (PPiP), has been designed to meet the aspiration of the City of Edinburgh Council for the delivery of sustainable residential development on brownfield sites.
The Seafield area is currently dominated by industrial and car retail operations, but the existing Local Development Plan envisages alternative uses, such as residential.
The City Council’s recently published Proposed City Plan 2030 also sets out a long-term vision for this part of the city as a substantial new urban residential quarter.
A public consultation was held earlier this month and feedback from this has been incorporated into the emerging proposals and a series of positive pre-application meetings has been held with council's planning, highways, flood, environmental and landscape officials.
It is expected that, subject to successful determination of the application, redevelopment of the property could begin in 2023, following the relocation of the car showrooms to new purpose-built facilities.
Colin MacPherson, development director at Manse, said: “We are delighted to be bringing forward this planning application for Seafield - it will serve to act as a much-needed catalyst, meeting council aspirations for the overall regeneration of the area and its desire for residential development on brownfield sites to meet the city’s housing needs.”
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