Former chippy to be demolished to build 13-bed student block

Plans have been approved to demolish an Edinburgh chip shop and build a 13-bed student block, next to larger approved new student accommodation in Northfield.

- by Kevin Quinn

Plans have been approved for student accommodation on the site of the former Northfield Fry takeaway

Plans to redevelop the fenced-off plot on the corner of Willowbrae Road and Northfield Drive - where Hibs legend Gordon Smith's old pub The Right Wing (latterly the Radical Road) once stood - were approved by the Scottish Government in August 2024.

Additional plans submitted last December by Southside Student Build Ltd, which will see 13 bedrooms added to the controversial development, were approved by the council's planning department on October 10.

The much-loved former Northfield Fry takeaway at 2C Northfield Drive, which sits adjacent to the cleared site and has been empty for some time, will be demolished and replaced by the four-storey development. The site was also previoulsy home to the Barracuda takeaway.