Public event will discuss plans to demolish Leith buildings such as John Lewis depot for housing
A public exhibition on the Bonnington Road Lane plans will take place at The Biscuit Factory next week
Updated 15:42, 3 DEC 2019
The area affected by the PLATFORM_ housing proposals (Image: PLATFORM_)
People are being given the chance to learn more about plans to demolish Leith buildings such as the John Lewis depot to make way for housing.
The Bonnington Road Lane project will see developer PLATFORM_ knock down a number of buildings to make way for build-to-rent residential accommodation, commercial uses, associated landscaping and infrastructure.
The development will be created on a zone which is currently home to the John Lewis Warehouse, The Bonnington Centre and a number of business units, just off Bonnington Road. The Biscuit Factory will be unaffected.
The aim is to create build-to-rent housing which will be affordable to at least 50 per cent of the city's working population.
PLATFORM_ say that the development will deliver apartments at different price points, a mix of housing types from one-bedroom flats to family housing, and the delivery of regeneration within the area.
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Leaflets have been handed out to local residents which invite them along to a public exhibition in The Biscuit Factory, on Anderson Place, between 2pm and 8pm on Tuesday, 10 December.
They say this is to provide "information on our ideas for redevelopment of the site, giving you the opportunity to inform the proposal and learn more about build-to-rent".
Further details are expected to be announced shortly with a formal planning application still to be submitted. More information can be found on the PLATFORM_ website.
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