Planning consent has been given for a 655-house development at Cammo Estate in the north-west outskirts of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh councillors approved the development which is a consortium project by CALA Homes and David Wilson Homes and includes 164 affordable homes.
It will provide a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments, terraced houses as well as detached family homes.
A key component of the site is the extent of publicly accessible green space – which totals over a third of the entire development and includes linear parks, a seven-hectare park, and more than 700 new specimen trees.
In addition, a half km 20-metre wide green corridor at Maybury Avenue will feature a cycle and footpath detached from Maybury Road.
Further improvements to the walking and cycling network will be made from Planning Gain contributions the developments will make.
In line with the Local Development Plan these routes will connect to the land at West Craigs, and as part of that development connect onwards to the Gyle and Edinburgh Park.
A spokesperson for the consortium said: “We must thank the local community first and foremost for engaging with us throughout, helping us to shape the final proposals which have evolved over the past two years.
“We fully understand how important the junctions at Maybury and Barnton are and traffic was a key concern for many people at the outset.
“We feel the improvements made through Planning Gain contributions will benefit the wider community and those commuting in or out the city.
“Following yesterday’s decision our focus now turns to assisting the City of Edinburgh Council to ensure a timely delivery of these improvements.”
The spokesperson said that at the heart of the plans was “the delivery of an outstanding landscape environment along with significant investment to improve public transport, education and health care and the delivery of an excellent pedestrian and cycle network.
“Within the development site we will deliver new bus infrastructure in addition to making contributions to public transport connections to the site.”
They added that the “exceptionally wide range of homes” would help to ease the shortfall in housing supply and the affordable housing would start as part of the initial phase of the development.
