Planning consent granted for next phase of Western Harbour

Architecture practice 7N has been granted detailed planning consent for Plot P2 of its Western Harbour masterplan on behalf of Forth Ports.Designed in collaboration with Rankin Fraser Landscape Architects, the proposals will deliver 205 homes focussed around a communal courtyard garden that includes a shared amenity space for home working and entertaining.A street of shops and cafes will address Sandpiper Drive at ground floor, establishing a new neighbourhood centre for the community.To be delivered in collaboration with Forth Ports and Rettie and Co, the full development will see 938 new homes within a mixed-use neighbourhood which will include shops, commercial space, a health centre, a new primary school which is being brought forward separately by the City of Edinburgh Council, and one of the largest new parks in the city for over a hundred years.