Scottish Government ministers have given final approval to a £500m housing development and supporting infrastructure in West Edinburgh.
The first phase of the Edinburgh Garden District at Redheughs Village is set to deliver 1,350 homes of various types and tenures, including more than 330 new affordable homes, as well as a new primary school and nursery.
The development will also deliver a new neighbourhood centre, a corner shop, local road improvements, and a 40-acre park for the community.
Located to the South West of the Gogar roundabout, the project has been in the planning process since 2015. It was approved by the City of Edinburgh Council in June 2016, before being called in by the Scottish Government. The reporter then recommended that planning permission in principle be granted - and this was ratified by Scottish ministers in April 2020.
Following the agreement of a Section 75 with the City of Edinburgh Council, Murray Estates was then asked by the Scottish Government to engage in a further procedure in October 2021 to retrospectively review any impacts of the proposed local development plan on its earlier decision.
That process is now complete and planning permission has been granted with no further conditions.
David Murray, managing director at Murray Capital, parent company of Murray Estates, said: “We are pleased to have received final approval from the Scottish Government for the first phase of the Garden District, after a long and comprehensive planning application process.
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