Date and time: 18:30 to 20:30, Tuesday 25 June 2024
Venue: in-person only at Heart of Newhaven Community Hub
Ordinary meeting
- Welcome, introductions, apologies for absence
- Declaration of interests
- Minutes of 28 May meeting
- Matters arising,
- Actions from May meeting
| Item | Actor | Action | Status/outcome |
| 4 (row 1) | E Dick | Set up an LHNCC email account for A Khlibodarova – and enable her to access it | |
| 4 (row 6) | LHNCC | Look into what is being proposed for Tower Place | |
| 4 (row 7) | E Dick and LHNCC | Brief Cllr Arthur on trams greenspace/Discovery Gardens, and pressure via CCTT | |
| 4 (row 8) | J Ran | Re-engage with Dreadnought pub representative when she is back from holiday | |
| 4 (row 9) | Cllr Faccenda | Ask a CEC planner to present on implications of CityPlan 2030 to LHNCC | |
| 4 (row 10) | Cllr Faccenda | Raise the Shore’s poor state at TEC | |
| 5.a | B Ryan | obtain contact details for East London St residents | |
| 5.a | D Tharby | Pass on ELS residents’ contact details to Henderson St resident | |
| 7.a.iii | Cllr Booth | Bring Seafield issues to CEC planning ctte | |
| 7.a. iii | J Ran, J Preacher, N Tulloch | Attend planning training | |
| 7.b.i | F Geoghegan-Quinn | Attend EBUG AGM, if possible | |
| 7.c.i | F Geoghegan-Quinn | Circulate Teams link for Water of Leith basins stakeholder group meeting | |
| 8 | F Geoghegan-Quinn | Circulate ‘receipt of CityPlan 2030 report’ email to LHNCC members |
- Residents’ issues (raised prior to the meeting)
- Problem drinkers/drug users in and around Leith
- Dangerous cycling and use of e-scooters (especially on pavements)
- Police update/response to issues raised
- Standing items and updates
- Planning and licensing
- CEC Planning Training – response to initial session
- Re-opening of ‘Pride’ Bridge
- Seafield update
- Vestas Offshore Wind Blade Ltd PAN
- Establishment of Edinburgh Partnership Board, proposals to change Local Place Plans and implications for the Local Improvement Plan
- Transport
- Trams
- Buses
- Environment and greenspace
- Report of Water of Leith Basins Stakeholder Group meeting 21 June
- Heritage
- Community
- Update on Leith Gala Day (Saturday 8 June)
- Update on Newhaven Gala Day
- Planning and licensing
- Update from EACC on the presentation to City of Edinburgh Council over the summer of the revised proposals for the Community Council Scheme and Boundary changes
- Councillor/MSP/MP responses and updates
- Key diary dates ahead of next meeting
- AOB
- Date of next meeting
- Tuesday 27 August 2024 (venue tbc)
AGM Agenda – 8pm
- Welcome, introductions and apologies
- Approval of the minutes of the 2023 Annual General Meeting
- Annual report from the Chair; brief review of the year
- Treasurer’s Report and annual accounts for the year 2023/24 (to be ratified)
- Demit of current office bearers and election of new office bearers:
- Treasurer: Nomination(s), proposer/seconder, vote if required
- Secretary: Nomination(s), proposer/seconder, vote if required
- Vice-Chair: Nomination(s), proposer/seconder, vote if required
- Chair: Nomination(s), proposer/seconder, vote if required
- Date of next Annual General Meeting
- 24 June 2025