An Edinburgh housing scheme is to be completely redeveloped to create a more family friendly area.
After local complained it was unsafe to send their children out to play, Edinburgh Council today passed an application to redevelop the area with a new rain garden, communal garden space, and play parks.
The Northfield Grove area will now be transformed, after the area became neglected with overflowing bins and fly-tipping plaguing the area.
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The design statement on the planning application shows that locals did not not use the current playpark because they were "not comfortable letting their children play there as it feels disconnected."
Now it will be redeveloped after locals were engaged and asked how they would like to see their community look, by a City of Edinburgh Council feasibility study.
Among the new features will be a "green spine rain garden" with widened footway won from excess tarmac to collect rainwater.
Enhanced communal gardens will also provide a new drying green, play for smaller children, bike/scooter storage and recreational space.
An upgraded lighting provision to high quality, high efficiency LEDs will improve adequate lighting coverage and improve safety.
The existing playpark will be enhanced, utilising the grass bank and underused car park areas, for tween/teen provision and a playful link will be introduced to Figgate Park.
And their will be complete resurfacing works on the Northfield Drive roadway.
The design statement also states that works are due to begin straight away on the project, either this month or April.
The application was passed by the City of Edinburgh Council on March 16 but a handling report prepared by planning officers beforehand will provide an "attractive" proposition for locals.
They said: "The proposals will attractively link the site in with its wider context creating an accessible activated piece of public realm linking in and providing attractive public and private open recreational spaces. residential amenity and the local road network will not be prejudiced by the proposals."
