Vivere Extra Care Group has gained a 鈥榤inded to approve鈥� planning consent for Edinburgh鈥檚 first community of extra care homes, located on the 2.2-acre Lansdowne House site on Coltbridge Terrace in Edinburgh.
The 拢25m development will provide 48 extra care homes, communal resident鈥檚 lounges and facilities, parking and gardens.
It will also have Scotland鈥檚 first Zero Carbon 5G heat network, located on the vacant brownfield former Lower School Campus site of St George鈥檚 School.聽 The former school campus will be returned to its residential origins since it was originally a Victorian villa set in landscaped grounds including a Victorian lodge house and stables. Formerly known as Coltbridge Hall, it was built in 1875 and designed by architect TB McFadzen.
The old listed buildings will be refurbished; the surrounding newer ones demolished and replaced by new homes, designed to complement the character of the Victorian buildings.
Vivere co-founding director Beatrix Lehnert said: 鈥淭his is an important step in the provision of much needed extra care housing in Edinburgh. Lansdowne is the first of four planned developments we have in the pipeline in Edinburgh over the next five years. Our proposals are aligned with the Scottish government鈥檚 ambition to both raise life expectancy in Scotland and the provision of suitable housing and amenities for older people which help to enhance their health and wellbeing.鈥�