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Full details of Fountainbridge housing and commercial development unveiled

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Glencairn Properties has unveiled detailed plans for a new canal side housing and commercial development in the Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh.The city-based developer has designed a mix of apartments with associated landscaping and parking creating a frontage to Lower Gilmore Place and to the Union Canal.The proposed plans include 30 private residential and 13 affordable apartments along with ground floor commercial space. The private apartments comprise 10 one-bedroom or studio apartments, 16 two-bedroom apartments, and four three-bedroom apartments. The proposed mix meets the guidance in the Edinburgh Local Development Plan for 25% of all new housing of 12 units or more to be affordable.The site is currently occupied by a small number of residential units as well as some vacant and existing commercial properties. These include a car repair garage and an office. There are a number of large scale developments surrounding the site, including land formerly occupied by Scottish & Newcastle Breweries, short stay serviced accommodation at Fountain Court Apartments, and the proposed mixed use housing developments at India Quay.Glencairn Properties is submitting a full planning application for the first phase of the development, with the second phase being submitted for planning permission in principle.The application site forms part of the wider Fountainbridge area and is identified in the Edinburgh Local Development Plan as an area for comprehensive redevelopment. The policies outlined in the report support the development of the site for housing-led, mixed use development.The site also falls within the Fountainbridge Development Brief zone, which establishes a comprehensive townscape and infrastructure framework for the Fountainbridge area.The proposed development will include shared amenity space and shared surface parking at ground level, while roof gardens will offer views over the canal and surrounding area. To maximise the amenity value of the canal side location, the development includes recessed balconies which would create an attractive façade.