Latest plans for major Grassmarket development revealed
Developers have agreed to increase the number of residential properties planned for King's Stable Road.
Plans for a major development in Edinburgh's Grassmarket have been changed after feedback from a consultation.
Developers have agreed to increase the number of residential properties from just 11 units to 59 while the amount of student accommodation has been cut by a third.
The project would see the redevelopment of buildings on King's Stables Road.
It will now include;
59 residential units 92 bedroom boutique hotel 167 room managed student accommodation 650m2 of Arts Facility Class 1,2 and 3 commercial units
King’s Stables Road has been identified by the Council as one of 12 “priority” development sites seen as crucial to the Capital’s economic future.
The current mix of buildings on the site - formerly Council offices, storage premises and workshops - have lain vacant since 2009.
Charles Vyvyan from Campus Development Management said, "As we worked our way through the planning process we undertook extensive community consultation, engaging closely with the local community.
"We have taken account of this and have changed the balance of the mix of uses, including a more than five-fold increase in the amount of housing we had originally proposed to 59 units.
"The scale and massing of the proposed development has also been reduced, with the removal of upper floors".