The Eden Project Dundee has been granted planning permission.
The scale of the development, on the site of the former gas works on East Dock Street, meant that the application was approved by a meeting of the full city council, following a pre-determination hearing at the planning committee.
Blair Parkin, the Eden Project’s chief experience development officer, said: “This is a major milestone for the project and the culmination of years of hard work by the Eden Project team, our partners in Dundee and the community who have engaged with us so generously.
“We will allow ourselves a moment of celebration, but we are well aware there is still lots to do to make Eden Project Dundee a reality.
“We will now concentrate on working with all our partners, progressing the design, securing investment and continuing to deliver our community programmes in the city.”
Dundee City Council leader John Alexander said: “This project will help deliver hundreds of jobs, huge visitor numbers and tens of millions of pounds for the local economy, but it will also provide new educational opportunities and seek to build work on efforts within our communities, well beyond the site boundary.
“The planning process is only one part of a much longer journey, all partners are aware that the hard work really starts now to ensure that we make this transformative project a reality.”
The project will combine exhibits, performance, learning, play, immersive experiences, horticulture, live music and art, with food, beverage and retail spaces.
Work to create an Eden Project on the former gas works site would include the conversion of the existing gasholder, demolition of other buildings and the construction of a pedestrian bridge.
The project is inspired by Dundee’s Nine Incorporated Trades and will introduce a new set of contemporary guilds. These will be underpinned by the perspectives and skills needed for a regenerative future.
Guild embassies – both physical and virtual - will be rooted in communities and enable activities that will be brought together and showcased at the main attraction.
The Eden Project is working in partnership with Dundee City Council, The Northwood Charitable Trust and the University of Dundee.
The original Eden Project site in Cornwall was built on an old clay pit and has attracted millions of visitors since it opened in 2001.
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