{"id":64293,"date":"2025-05-01T00:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T00:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64293\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T00:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T00:35:15","slug":"plans-for-former-edinburgh-bowling-club-to-be-demolished-for-student-flats-move-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64293\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for former Edinburgh bowling club to be demolished for student flats move closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/property\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:demolish;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">demolish<\/a> a former Edinburgh bowling club and replace it with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/education\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:student;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">student<\/a> flats have taken a step closer.<\/p>\n<p>On April 7, a pre-application notice was submitted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/the-city-of-edinburgh-council\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:council;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">council<\/a> to bulldoze 36 Russell Road, the former Caledonian Bowling Club, and replace it with purpose-built student accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>This week, a pre-application consultation was approved with a formal planning application, detailing the number of student beds and the scale of the building, expected in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/top-rated-edinburgh-bistro-hits-194436430.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Top-rated Edinburgh bistro hits the market offering &#039;significant opportunity&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top-rated Edinburgh bistro hits the market offering &#8216;significant opportunity&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/popular-edinburgh-beach-packed-sun-160120357.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Popular Edinburgh beach packed with sun worshippers on hottest day of the year;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Popular Edinburgh beach packed with sun worshippers on hottest day of the year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The building has more recently been in use as Corstorphine Roofing and Building and it is understood the proposed development will also incorporate landscaping, infrastructure and associated works.<\/p>\n<p>Montagu Evans previously submitted a cover letter on behalf of their client Russel Road Edinburgh Ltd. The development was described as &#8220;major&#8221; as the area is in excess of 5,000sqm.<\/p>\n<p>The bowling club opened in 1899 and officially closed in 2011 when it was turned into a builders yard. Several applications to demolish the building for student accommodation were received in 2016 and 2017 which were later withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent application was for a block consisting of 266 student flats within 56 apartments with a reception, common room, car parking and bin and cycle stores.<\/p>\n<p><b>Join<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> <b> Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here <\/b> <\/a> <b>and get the latest news sent straight to your messages<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans to demolish a former Edinburgh bowling club and replace it with student flats have taken a step&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[33022,748,33021,1102,4884,33023,712,33020,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-64293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-bowling-club","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-caledonian-bowling-club","11":"tag-edinburgh","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-pre-application-consultation","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-student-accommodation","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114429776818329179","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}