PARC has developed a masterplan for Craigmillar town centre: this features a new town square which will act as a focal point for the local community. The total area under consideration is over 50 acres.

The main cornerstones of the Masterplan are:

Retail
Improved retailing that is attractive and meets the need of both residents and visitors, while creating more local jobs. Plans include a major new foodstore and petrol filling station, plus a parade of shops fronting the new town square.

Homes
The town centre will offer around 600 new homes and provide integrated links with ParcLife’s housing developments at The Square.

Commercial
A new commercial and civic heart will be developed for Craigmillar with new commercial floorspace, allowing more local jobs to be created.   PARC will also retain and refurbish the Whitehouse public house, a B-listed building, which has lain empty for a number of years. 

New School and Library
The new £30 million community high school and public library will be located at the heart of the new town centre.

Public Realm
The area will be improved with more pedestrian walkways, widening of Niddrie Mains Road at key junctions, better shop frontages and planting of 250 new lime trees.

The White House

The White House is a category B-listed 1936 Art Deco roadhouse located at the junction of Niddrie Mains Road and Craigmillar Castle Loan. The historic building was on the Buildings at Risk Register and has been acquired by PARC Craigmillar so it can play a key role in Craigmillar’s future. Work has started on the restoration of the building and it is expected to complete at the end of 2010 and reopen as a focal point of the community thereafter. To help inform decisions on future use, PARC commissioned Douglas Wheeler Associates Ltd to undertake an online survey in July 2010, using a questionnaire targeted at groups and organisations in Craigmillar. The purpose of the questionnaire was to help to identify a mix of uses that would include uses that generate an income to ensure the building has a viable and secure future.

The results of the online questionnaire can be found here

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