Show them you care: public meeting to discuss Granton Marina plans

‘We are fed up being ignored’ – Granton & District Community Council

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Following the last community council meeting that was well attended by groups and residents in the area we were asked to organise a public meeting to get our views heard on this development.

We are fed up being ignored. Our wishes discarded. No longer. We have an opportunity to really make a noise about this. Please come along and make your voice heard.

The meeting is on Thursday 9 April

at Royston & Wardieburn Community Centre – 7pm.

Please tell as many people as you know. The developer was invited and said no. Show them you do care!

Granton & District Community Council

Granton & District CC to discuss revised marina plans

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I cordially invite you along to our March meeting on Monday 30 March at 7pm at Royston and Wardieburn Community Centre. 
We expect to have a representative of the Marina Development in attendance – with their revised plans.
Hope to see you there.
Regards
Dave
Secretary, Granton and District Community Council

The future of Granton Harbour?

124_3510A steady stream of interested local residents called in to Granton Youth Centre to see the latest plans for Granton Marina earlier this month.

The latest plan is to create a ‘unique coastal community’, featuring:

  • 1500 new homes (with parking provision for each one)
  • An international-standard five-star marina and Spa Hotel with 113 bedrooms and a restaurant/bar seating 125, plus coffee shop,
  • A health spa with indoor swimming pool and jacuzzi
  • Conference facilities
  • A marina and boatyard with 400 berths
  • 30,000 sq m of retail, leisure and business space
  • ‘Best of Scotland’ indoor market
  • Fashion outlet mall
  • A food court and restaurants
  • Covered walkway to and from car parking
  • A multi-storey car park
  • The Granton spur section of the tram line (with a tram stop) is also factored in.

Views on the day were divided. Some welcome the idea of long-overdue investment in an area with undoubted potential, while others have major concerns over the traffic implications.

One Lower Granton Road resident said: “We’ve seen plans like this before and they’ve come to nothing so I won’t be holding my breath. Personally I don’t think many local residents would have too much difficulty with what’s being proposed but for one major drawback – traffic.

“First the heavy lorries when the site is being constructed, then the sheer volume of traffic a development of this nature could bring is a real worry. We could see thousands of additional cars – visitors and residents – on local roads.

“Roads and traffic have been a problem down here for years and can’t cope with the volume of traffic as it is – these proposals would make it a hell of a lot worse. Planners will have to consider ways of resolving that, because if they don’t this development is a non-starter.”

Developers will examine comments made on the day and produce a report before moving on to the next stage of the planning process. There’s clearly a lot more talking to be done.

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