Edinburgh’s is a city that is constantly evolving – from the trams to the new St James Quarter much has changed in recent decades.
From housing developments and purpose built student flats, to luxury hotels and shopping centres, there are always plenty of major developments looking for planning permission.
Big plans can prove controversial, often prompting objections to building projects that locals worry could have a detrimental impact on their city.
But the city always needs more housing and facilities, which is where the developers come in.
Website www.Skyscrapercity.com keeps a record of developments from the initial planning application to completion dates, thanks to the tireless work of dedicated contributor Kenspeckle, and lists numerous developments across the city.
Here are 10 of the biggest, what they'll look like when completed, and what stage they're at in the planning and construction process.
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1. Granton Waterfront Regeneration
This huge £1.3 billion scheme to create a new urban wuarter in Granton will develop 120 acres of land into over 3,500 new homes complete with a primary school, a healthcare facility and 20,000m² of commercial and cultural space. If completed it will also create Europe’s largest coastal park. The first town centre phase has been approved and is set to be completed by 2032. | Smith Scott Mullan Associates, C.F. Møller Architects, Collective Architecture, Studio for New Realities, ADP Architecture, Cooper Cromar
2. West Town Edinburgh
This £2 billion mixed use developent in Ingliston has been approved by planning authorities and is not set to transform 205 acres of land. When complete it will create 7,000 homes, 15,000 m² of office space, 25,000 m² of retail and leisure space, 300 hotel rooms, a 300 bed student residence, with potential for new primary and secondary schools. | 7N Architects
3. Elements Edinburgh
Another huge Ingliston development that has been given planning approval, the £1 billion Elements Edinburgh project would turn 72.4 acres of land into 3,005 homes, 50,000 m² of office space, two or three hotels, 5,300 m² of retail and leisure space, a primary school and a new Edinburgh Airport access road. | jmarchitects
4. Seafield Redevelopment
This proposed development spans Portobello and Seafield and, if approved, will build 2,700 homes, a primary school, commercial, retail, leisure & community spaces, an improved promenade and a new coastal park on 99 acres of coastal land. | 7N Architects