| Property: | Helensburgh Pier Head Masterplanning options for the redevelopment of the Pier Head site |
| Client: | Helensburgh Partnership |
- Advised in the production of a masterplan for the site.
- Provided analysis of the leisure, residential, business and retail property markets to inform a series of development options.
- Evaluated the broad financial costs and returns associated with the various options to assist in the selection of the preferred option presented to the client.
| Property: | Ardrossan, Saltcoats & Stevenston Town Centres Three Town regeneration plan |
| Client: | Irvine Bay Urban Regeneration Company |
- Advised in the preparation of plans for the sustainable regeneration of each town centre.
- Provided residential, business space, retail and leisure market context for each town.
- Assessed type and scale of development and estimated floor space outputs for redevelopment sites within the masterplan options.
- Calculated investment values and identified site ownerships to inform the selection of the preferred options for each town.
Ryden has also provided mixed-use property market analysis and advice to many other masterplans and development frameworks including Dunfermline town centre, Aberdeen city centre, Dumfries, Clyde Waterfront, Paisley town centre and Perth Western Expansion.
| Property: | Easter Bush Development Framework 20 year vision for development of Easter Bush Estate |
| Client: | University of Edinburgh |
- Achieved the allocation of land for the expansion of the Easter Bush Estate within the green belt in the Midlothian Local Plan.
- Advised on the production of the Easter Bush Development Framework, providing the site with a 20 year vision to ensure a coherent approach to its development.
- Presented the Framework to Architecture & Design Scotland. The document was subsequently adopted by Midlothian Council and will inform the consideration of future planning applications on the estate.
| Property: | Edinburgh BioQuarter Over 130,000 sq m of research and commercialisation space |
| Client: | Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh & Lothian and University of Edinburgh |
- Secured outline planning permission without the need for a public local inquiry.
- Advised on the discharge of outline planning conditions.
- Negotiated the Section 75 legal agreement.
- Secured approval of the CBR masterplan.
- Secured reserved matters planning permission for Phase 1 infrastructure works.
- Provided valuations of the site at the pre-acquisition stage and the post-installation stage of the infrastructure.
- Advised on planning aspects of the first multi-occupancy building.
| Property: | Bon Accord Baths B listed art-deco public swimming baths that closed in March 2008 |
| Client: | Aberdeen City Council |
- In consultation with potential occupiers, service providers and the local community produced a development brief setting out the planning framework to guide development process and identify alternative uses for the premises.
