We were approached by a National Housebuilder to prepare detailed designs to secure Full Planning Permission on a strategic development site at New Craighall, a commuting suburb of Edinburgh. Planning Permission in Principle had previously been secured and the detailed design proposals would have to strictly comply with the existing Development Framework.

We followed a rigorous process assessing the existing Development Framework, reviewing base information, appraising the site context and undertaking a site analysis, following which we prepared an attractive and deliverable masterplan. Working in close collaboration with the Planning Authority, we evolved a design to create a high quality residential layout, set within a strong landscape framework, with generous provision of public open spaces, while at the same time addressing fundamental constraints including a number of former mineshafts.