New plans to build student flats on Trainspotting scrapyard in Leith

Developers have signalled their plans to build student accommodation and private flats on a scrapyard in Leith which featured in Trainspotting 2, ten months after a similar application was rejected.

- by Joe Sullivan

Councillors in February rejected an application by Stephen G Dalton & Son to build 46 student flats and 46 rental units due to the scheme not conforming with the city's development plan.

In the months since, the developers have appealed the decision twice - having lost their first attempt, they are now waiting for the Court of Session to look at the case.

But they have also filed a notice with the council's planning department that they intend to put in a new application for a similar scheme on the property off Salamander Street.