Detailed plans submitted for Scotland’s first net zero carbon housing development

Detailed plans, comprising 94 flats and 48 colony style homes, have been prepared to bring a derelict brownfield site and home of a former care home back to life as part of the £1.3 billion Granton Waterfront regeneration project.Cruden Building has been appointed by the City of Edinburgh Council to deliver the design of this new landmark project. The firm is working with designers Smith Scott Mullan; Will Rudd Davidson; Hulley and Kirkwood and Hardies as its design team. The new proposals will see the site transformed with a mix of net zero carbon affordable and mid-market rent properties. The project will also see a new football pavilion as a new home for Craigroyston Community Youth Football Club.Architects Smith Scott Mullan have designed this low-car development to give priority to private, shared and public green space and have considered the existing mature landscape and the site’s location on the edge of the Green Belt. There will be four-storey blocks facing a large communal green space at the centre to form a focus point for the emerging community, with three-storey colony-style family homes to the north of the development.Replacing the former Silverlea care home, the net zero carbon homes will see residents benefit from improved energy efficiency. The development will have an abundance of high quality green space and links to the promenade and shoreline and is expected to significantly contribute to the wellbeing of the tenants and create a place which is both sustainable and attractive to live in. In addition to delivering the project, Cruden Building will provide a range of community benefits for surrounding residents including apprenticeships and mentoring programmes as well as supporting local organisations. Phased construction is expected to commence next year subject to consent.