Following extensive consultation with City of Edinburgh planning officials the planning application for Greyfriars Community Project was registered on 5 September 2006.

The proposals incorporate a homeless drop-in centre with canteen, workshop, consultation rooms, community hall and 16no. social housing flats. The project seeks to offer an inclusive facility that will replace the existing centre and warehouses currently occupying the site on Candlemaker Row in Edinburgh’s Old Town. The client partners in the project, Greyfriars Kirk and Hillcrest Housing Association, are keen to ensure the project builds on the important homeless work already being carried out in the area and benefits the community as a whole.