A new 10-year sustainable development plan for Edinburgh has now been sent for Examination, Planning Convener James Dalgleish has announced.
Writing in the Evening News, Mr Dagleish highlighted how City Plan 2030 is a "progressive and sustainable plan to make sure the Capital is ready to meet the very real challenges of climate change and population growth in the city".
Mr Dagleish continued: "It's taken several years of hard work and listening to communities and interested groups from all over Edinburgh through our 'Choices' consultation in 2020 and more recently the representations stage held this summer. I'm now confident we have a plan which will allow the city to adapt to meet the changing needs of future generations to come.
"Our ambition is to base the plan on our 20-minute walkable neighbourhood approach to steer development towards strengthening our communities, joining them up and making the best use of land within them. We'll use brownfield land where we can rather than using precious greenfield field sites.
"An example of what we're aiming to achieve is already underway at Granton Waterfront where we're strengthening the existing neighbourhood with a £1.3bn project to develop a sustainable 20-minute neighbourhood residents will be proud of. It will be an area where people live in affordable environmentally friendly homes, have excellent transport and active travel links and access to lots of open and green space, arts, sports and culture.
"This is very important to improve the wellbeing of our residents and we want to reflect these aspirations in every neighbourhood in the city. To do this we need to build attractive places where people can afford to rent or buy their homes, walk to educational and healthcare facilities, enjoy cultural and sporting activities and easily access sustainable transport to visit other parts of Edinburgh as well as having access to greater opportunities for jobs.
"To help make this happen, City Plan 2030 is proposing that developers will have to contribute a minimum of 35% affordable housing from any new development they have and we've included policies to help manage the number of short term lets operating in the city.
"We've also included the need for developers building student housing on sites of more than 0.25 hectares to include 50% private housing of which 35% must be affordable.
"The Plan will now be sent to the Scottish Government for Examination before coming back to Council for final approval. I look forward to working with colleagues and the people of Edinburgh to put City Plan 2030 into place to shape how the city grows in the coming years to build a more sustainable, adaptable Edinburgh that puts the wellbeing of its residents first in every neighbourhood."
Construction News
05/12/2022
Edinburgh City Plan 2030 'Sent For Examination'


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