STUDENT HOUSING REFUSED
London-based HUB Residential Ltd’s application to develop 73-bedroom purpose-built student accommodation at 26 Dunedin St (23/05027/FUL) has been refused. We first reported the case here.
London-based HUB Residential Ltd’s application to develop 73-bedroom purpose-built student accommodation at 26 Dunedin St (23/05027/FUL) has been refused. We first reported the case here.
Edinburgh-based Colliers, representing Dogma Square Properties, seeks planning consent for a 4-storey block in the car park behind Canon Court. The ground-floor office space and 9 apartments above (6 x 2 bdrm, 3 x 1 bdrm) would be accessed from Canonmills and Warriston Rd (23/06328/FUL).
Edinburgh-based Broughton No 1 Ltd has applied to extend and alter the office building at 1 Broughton Market and convert it into a 9-bedroom aparthotel (23/06502/FUL) price-equivalent to 4 or 5-star hotel accommodation elsewhere in the city.
Dunedin Street (Edinburgh) LLP proposes to build new purpose-built student accommodation with associated amenity space, cycle parking, landscaping and infrastructure on the site of a large modern garage and yard at 26 Dunedin Street (23/05027/FUL).
The plan is for 73 studio apartments across 6 storeys.
The Kingsford Group seeks temporary planning permission for a single-storey ‘modular working research lab related to Net Zero living’ in the front garden grounds of 154 McDonald Rd (23/04485/FUL). See here for visualisations.
The annual Doors Open Days offer public access to buildings which are not usually accessible. In several senses, they reveal much about the city.
One of the things that appeals to visitors here is that so many museums and galleries are open to the public. In contrast, they are disheartened that so many seemingly ‘public’ places are strictly private: the gardens of the New Town being a classic example. Visitors (and some residents) peer longingly over fences and walls at the forbidden fruits within.
Those managing the former Bank of Scotland premises at 6 Picardy Place find themselves with a problem
Keasim Events Ltd wants planning permission for another pop-up Festival Village on the roof of Waverley Market this summer (23/02154/FUL). It would operate from June until 30 Sept, with an additional 6-week period for clearance and removal.
Keasmim promises local economic benefits, improved appearance, fittings and access to the site, and less people spill-over onto Princes St near to the bus stop.
A Reporter acting for Scottish Ministers has refused planning permission for a proposed development on the former Jewson’s site at 72–4 Eyre Place.
As first predicted in March (Issue 326, p.2), Danehurst Developments Ltd have submitted a planning application for purpose-built student accommodation at 22, 24–36 Dunedin St (23/02154/FUL).