September 21 2022

Forth Ports has launched a pre-application discussion to transform a disused Leith dock with up to 800 homes, commercial space and a hotel.

Harbour 31 will see a new boardwalk skirt Edinburgh Dock, with an events space and public square making the most of the waterfront setting. Historic features such as listed cranes and a pumphouse will all be retained as part of this work.

This post-industrial mixed-use quarter will sit to the north of a new residential neighbourhood, with urban blocks framing an extended Albert Road. A range of tenures is promised for these properties, including affordable, build to rent and private sale with precise proportions yet to be determined.

Overseen by CDA the plan calls for a pedestrian-centric public realm with re-used rails and stone setts connecting podium decks to the water via tree-lined boulevards.

In a statement the applicant wrote: "Areas previously closed to the public will open up to allow the city to enjoy life at Harbour31 with public parks and vibrant uses throughout, helping to create a real sense of community."

Proposals are expected to be finalised in the autumn ahead of an application for planning permission in principle.  

2 Comments

#1 Posted by randall sloan on 21 Sep 2022 at 16:06 PM

As ever, the harbour and docksides in Leith present an exciting opportunity, however, also as ever its given over to people like CDA and the like to populate with featureless Ceau?escu-esque brick blocks of flats with tiny windows and stick on balconies

#2 Posted by town planner on 21 Sep 2022 at 17:00 PM

Is this not the ideal location to create an eye-catching and architecturally exciting scheme with the Forth as a backdrop? There are very few sites in Edinburgh where we could get a bit more scale but this is one. More ambition please!

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