Scottish Government

Deliver Craigmillar Regeneration.

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Contribution to NPF Strategy

• Supports the development of Scotland's cities as key drivers of the economy.
• Promotes development which helps to improve health, regenerate communities and enable disadvantaged communities to access opportunities.
• Promotes more sustainable patterns of travel, transport and land use.
• Encourages a supply of homes that are affordable in places where people want to live.

2009 onwards - Implementation of PARC Craigmillar development programme. Consider the need for environmental assessment, appropriate assessment and detailed scheme level mitigation at plan or project level.

Lead Partner(s)/Delivery Bodies

achievements to date include completion of over 200 new homes in Wauchope & Greendykes masterplan areas; a 58-unit development for Link Housing Association is under construction; and negotiations are underway to develop a further 93-unit development in Wauchope Square. Craigmilla,PARC has commenced construction work at

Niddrie Mill & St Francis Joint Campus Primary Schools have been completed, as has Castlebrae all-weather football pitch. In the town centre the White House refurbishment and public realm improvement work has been completed. Investment has been secured from City of Edinburgh Council to build a £9.5M Neighbourhood Office and Community Library to start on site in Spring 2011; and further water and drainage improvement work has been secured to improve capacity for further developments in the town centre and Wauchope Square area

2009/10 - £2 million allocated from the Government's Town Centre Regeneration Fund for the renovation of the White House and town centre works.

February 2010 - shared equity scheme launched to support first time buyers

November 2009 - construction of additional phase of affordable homes underway

May 2009 - identified as SSCI exemplar project