Is this the right way to develop along Seafield Road?
There is an online public consultation event on Thursday 28th January, by Manse (Seafield) LLP, between 3pm and 7pm. You can attend and give your views.
Manse are proposing to submit a planning application for the Peter Vardy Vauxhall site, at 22-25 Seafield Road, where they want to build 2 very large blocks of flats. This is not strictly speaking in the Leith Links area, but it borders on it. Any new development along there will undoubtedly impact upon the Leith Links area. We would urge you to look not only at the plans Manse bring forward, but to think about them in the wider context of what the whole Seafield Road area could become.
Is developing individual segments like this the right way to go? Or could this proposal be be seen as leading to uncoordinated piecemeal development?
Overall, Seafield is a huge site stretching from the Sewage works right along to the erstwhile bus garage at the Portobello end. We all want to see new homes built, but do we want just any old blocks of flats, or could we aspire to more, for this unique seaside site?