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===Eden Project Dundee=== In May 2020, the Eden Project revealed plans to establish their first attraction in Scotland, and named [[Dundee]] as the proposed site of the location.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-05-27 |title=Eden Project to explore Dundee as new tourist attraction venue |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-52818911 |access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref> The city's [[Camperdown Country Park|Camperdown Park]] was widely touted to be the proposed location of the new attraction however in May 2021, it was announced that the Eden Project had chosen the site of the former gasworks in [[Dundee]] as the location. It was planned that the new development would result in 200 new jobs and "contribute Β£27m a year to the regional economy".<ref name="BBCDundeesite">{{cite news |title=Eden Project reveals site of new Dundee tourist attraction |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-57185846 |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=BBC News |date=21 May 2021}}</ref> The project is in partnership with [[Dundee City Council]], the [[University of Dundee]] and the Northwood Charitable Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eden Project Dundee, UK |url=https://www.edenproject.com/new-edens/eden-project-dundee-uk |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Eden Project |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, Eden Project announced that they would establish fourteen hectares of new wildflower habitat in areas across Dundee, including [[Morgan Academy]] and Caird Park.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-15 |title=Eden Project to establish 14 hectares of new wildflower habitat across Dundee |url=https://www.edenproject.com/media-relations/eden-project-to-establish-14-hectares-of-new-wildflower-habitat-across-dundee |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Eden Project |language=en}}</ref> In July 2023, new images were released depicting what the Dundee attraction would look which accompanied the planning permission documents for the new attraction which would be submitted by autumn 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saunders |first=Tom |date=2023-07-13 |title=Eden Project will transform Dundee's East Docks into Β£27m a year attraction |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/first-look-at-eden-project-dundee-which-is-set-to-bring-in-over-20m-a-year-0vm7z6f3s |access-date=2023-07-15 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Planning permission for the project was approved by [[Dundee City Council]] in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ogston |first=Graeme |date=2024-06-17 |title=Β£130m Dundee Eden Project approved by councillors |newspaper=[[BBC]] |language=en |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crggpy12er9o |access-date=2024-06-18}}</ref>
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