PLANS for student housing on the edge of the New Town in the Scottish capital have brought forward for consultation.
A public consultation document by Fletcher Joseph Associates outlines the proposal for the redevelopment of the former Jewson builders merchant site at 72-74 Eyre Place, for applicant CA Student Living, which has sites in Glasgow as well as Edinburgh.
The proposal includes building a purpose-built student accommodation development comprising around 210 beds along with internal and external amenity spaces, access and cycle parking.
The proposals include the erection of two new buildings, the larger of which closest to Eyre Place is currently proposed to be six storeys in height with an upper floor set back, dropping down to four storeys along Eyre Place Lane.
The smaller building fronting Eyre Place Lane is currently proposed to be three storeys in height with an upper floor set back.
The development will also provide external and internal amenity spaces, access, cycle parking and landscaping.
The document states: “The proposals are currently still evolving, which is why your feedback at this stage is important. The current proposals are for a purpose-built student accommodation development at the site.
“The proposed development seeks to make more efficient use of this highly accessible, sustainable site, by providing much needed student accommodation in a range of types and styles. High-quality internal and external amenity spaces are also proposed.”
An online consultation begins today with a live event on March 3.
Accounting giant names new deals chief in Scotland
PwC has unveiled a new head of deals for its Scottish operation.
Jon Shelley, who joined the Big Four firm in 2002, has been named as the successor to Jason Morris, now regional leader for PwC in Scotland.
Stuart Patrick: Now is not time for workplace parking levy
There has been a sea-change in both the understanding of and commitment to tackling climate change in the business community.
That was a clear message I picked up from senior United Nations staff at COP26.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel