The architects have been working with the port operator and landowner, Forth Ports since 2003 to develop a framework for the future regeneration of Leith Docks,to create a thriving, sustainable urban place to live, work and visit.

The planning application covers 144 hectares of brownfield site, which will comprise a mixture of residential, community, leisure, retail, business and industrial developments. It sets out a clear vision to create vibrant and active street life that will encourage walking and cycling as the main forms of transport with provision for links into new public transport services throughout the area.

Tony Kettle, UK managing director of RMJM, said: “The redevelopment of the docks will allow Leith to connect to the waters edge for the first time in 3 centuries. This development will regenerate a brown field area, help to cultivate and complete Leith as a place, and give Edinburgh a waterfront to be proud of.”