Pennywell urban regeneration

Pennywell is part of the City of Edinburgh Council’s ambitious 21st Century Homes project which aims to create high-quality social housing by developing brownfield sites across the capital. Appointed as the City of Edinburgh Council’s development partner in 2014, Urban Union.

KEY FACTS

• 193 homes delivered in Phase 1 — 107 affordable and 85 private — including terraced and semi-detached houses, and low-rise apartment blocks.
• 177 homes built in Phase 2 — 75 affordable and 102 private — with a mix of 1 and 2-bedroom apartments and 2, 3 and 4-bedroom homes.
• 315 homes under construction in Phase 3 — including 181 affordable and 134 private.
• A further 93 private homes are planned for Phase 4, starting in 2022 and continuing through to late 2024.

Pennywell is a fantastic development and will greatly enhance the area. We are committed to investing in high quality, energy efficient, affordable housing and this is the perfect example of how this can be achieved. The project has already created jobs for local people and both the Council and Urban Union will continue to engage with the local community as part of it.

– Councillor Cammy Day, Edinburgh Housing Convener

COMMUNITY FOCUS

• 60 new jobs and apprenticeships and 180 work placement opportunities being created throughout project.
• Pupils from local primary schools involved at the ground breaking ceremony.

AWARDS

• The Scottish Property Awards City Regeneration Project of the Year 2016.
• RICS Regeneration Award 2016.
• Considerate Constructor Award (Silver) 2015.
• Saltire Society Scotland Commendation 2019.
• Homes for Scotland Commendation 2019.