September 12 2022

7N Architects have submitted an updated planning application for four residential plots in The City of Edinburgh Council’s flagship regeneration project at Fountainbridge, in partnership with Cruden Homes East (Ltd) and Buccleuch Property.

The submission of more detailed information forms part of the pre-development agreement between the Council and the development partners to regenerate the canalside site as a 'vibrant, liveable, neighbourhood' providing 464 new homes, including 40% affordable homes, a community growing space and new civic spaces.

Nicholas Taggart, project leader at 7N, said: “It’s been a long road since the original community workshops that 7N facilitated in 2013, but we are excited that the community’s vision has taken the next crucial step towards being delivered.”

Providing greater clarity on the final massing of the project, as well as materials, public realm and access, the application builds on a 2019 submission to adopt current thinking for the major development site.

Landscape architects Raeburn Farquhar Bowen have developed a largely car-free environment, with the bulk of limited parking located on a basement level below a landscaped deck.  

2 Comments

#1 Posted by Daniel on 12 Sep 2022 at 10:43 AM

As with previous pieces this looks like an excellent scheme.

But the fact the sites have been empty since the mid-00s and they held workshops 10 years ago (!!!) really shows how broken our development model is.

#2 Posted by pooka on 12 Sep 2022 at 11:01 AM

canals means stick on vertical strip facades from amsterdam

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