Planning News
Change of Use has been granted for an Americana-themed bar and restaurant called MOJO to open in Rose Street in the shop presently used by Fopp behind Jenners.
Forth Ports 31 is a new neighbourhood planned by Forth Ports for a 10 acre site at Port of Leith. The proposal is to build new homes, commercial and retail space, hotel and flexible work and office space with new public realm on the waterfront. A Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) was submitted to the council on 26 May and there is now a period of pre-application consultation when members of the public can comment on the plan. Although the live event has taken place you can download presentation boards and give your feedback by 23 July or download the form and post it back to the developer. https:// harbour31.com 22/02855/PAN/Mixed use development
Planners have unanimously approved the redevelopment of Jenners by its owner, billionaire founder of ASOS the online fashion outlet, Anders Holch Povlsen. Promises have been made that this will return the building to “its former glory” - as a shop on lower levels, and as a boutique hotel above. The central atrium and outside signage will be retained, but a seventh floor will be added to the more recent part added at the beginning of the 20th century and a roof bar will be added where guests can enjoy a view of Princes Street and the Castle. This is another building which David Chipperfield Architects have been brought in to design. The first was the Concert Hall planned for the other side of St Andrew Square.(The firm also designed the BBC headquarters in Glasgow.) The architects said: “The project builds on the department store’s heritage and envisages a new combination of high-end retail and hospitality for Edinburgh. It seeks to re-establish the architectural quality of the original 1895 William Hamilton Beattie building and involves the sensitive restoration of important surviving features and the reinstatement of lost original elements.”
Meanwhile Radio Forth have moved out of their building on Forth Street, moving into new studios in St James Quarter. Planning permission has been granted for Forth House and Playfair House to become self catering accommodation run by Supercity Aparthotels. Parking was the thorny issue discussed by members of the planning committee, although the current 24 parking spaces will be reduced to seven, including five electric vehicle charging points.