LHNCC area

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LHNCC minutes: June 2018 ordinary meeting

(See next post for minutes of AGM held immediately after ordinary meeting.)

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held at Leith Community Centre on Tuesday 26 June 2018 at 7.00pm

Actions and decisions are red italic underlined. Nem conmeans that no-one spoke or voted against an item. Continue reading →

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Newhaven Trams (revised designs) – public drop-in events

Three Public Drop-in events are planned for consideration of the revised designs for the Trams extension to Newhaven.

This will enable people to see progress addressing results of the first consultation (May 2018). The drop-in events will be followed by a second consultation (date to be confirmed).

Date: Tuesday 02/10/2018
Venue: Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Dalmeny Street (unstaffed exhibition)
Time: 2.00pm – 7.00pm

Date: Saturday 13/10/2018
Venue: Ocean Terminal (staffed exhibition)
Time: 12.00 noon – 5.00pm

Date: Monday 22/10/2018
Venue: McDonald Road Library (staffed exhibition)
Time: 2.00pm – 7.00pm

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Planning letters and summary for the LHNCC area

LHNCC’s secretary has been summing up the developments planned for this area (and other developments that would affect the area. It’s all in this handy PDF: 2018_09 Planning

Our secretary has also submitted the following comments on behalf of LHNCC various planning matters:

These are all in the context of the North East Edinburgh Locality Improvement Plan 2017-2022 (PDF).

 

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Consultation: ‘Edinburgh: connecting our city, transforming our places’

(adapted Edinburgh Council’s consultation web-page)

Edinburgh Council invites take part in this survey to tell us what matters to you and how it should develop the best way forward for Edinburgh. Your views will shape multiple projects:

  • Edinburgh City Centre Transformation – an action plan for a vibrant and people-focussed capital city centre to improve community, economic and cultural life, working to the following vision. ‘An exceptional city centre that is for all, a place for people to live, work, visit and play. A place that is for the future, enriched by the legacy of the past.’

 

  • The City Mobility Plan – setting citywide transport policy and actions based around the following vision. ‘Edinburgh will have a cleaner, safer, inclusive and accessible transport system delivering healthier, thriving and fairer capital city, and a higher quality of life for Edinburgh residents’.

 

  • Low Emission Zones – the Council is taking a comprehensive approach to developing LEZs as a step towards protecting Edinburgh’s citizens from the harms of poor air quality, in line with Scottish Government priorities to introduce LEZs in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow by 2020.

Please see relevant information here.

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Foodbanks in north Edinburgh

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In north Edinburgh, food-bank donation points are

  • Northwest (from https://edinburghnw.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food)
    • ASDA at The Jewel
    • Tesco Corstorphine
    • Tesco South Queensferry
    • Morrisons, Granton
    • Morrisons, Ferry Road
    • Morrisons, Gyle Centre
    • Morrisons, Hunters Tryst
    • Waitrose, Comely Bank
    • Waitrose, Morningside
    • Marks & Spencer, Princes Street
    • Marks & Spencer, Gyle Retail Park
    • Marks & Spencer, Kinnaird Retail Park
    • Marks & Spencer, Morningside
    • Marks & Spencer, Craigleith Retail Park
    • Sainsbury’s, Cameron Toll
    • Sainsbury’s, Lothian Road
    • Sainsbury’s Marchmont
    • Sainsbury’s Waverley Steps
    • Scotmid, South Queensferry
    • Scotmid, Duddingston
    • Scotmid, Kirkliston

(This data is from the Trussell Trust’s website. Please visit that if you wish to donate food elsewhere – or if you need food anywhere!)

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Survey: have your say about the future of human rights in Scotland

(adapted from an email from the Scottish Community Development Centre)

Last year, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set up an independent Advisory Group to develop a series of recommendations and actions around human rights in Scotland – and you can have your say with this online survey.

Human rights are a vital part of a just and equal society. They give you a set of rights and freedoms regardless of where you are from, how old you are, what you believe, or how you choose to live your life.

How your human rights are affected by governments and other bodies is becoming increasingly important, with the Advisory Group making recommendations on how we can protect our existing rights and examine how Scotland can go further in demonstrating human rights leadership.

The Advisory Group want to hear your views and feedback on their developing recommendations and how they can be made as effective as possible in improving the lives of people and communities.

Share your views

The survey will be open until 11th October. The survey has also been translated into BSL.

You can also join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter using #HumanRightsLeadership, You can follow the @HRLeadershipSco Twitter account, Like them on Facebook  and visit the website www.humanrightsleadership.scot for more.

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Eyre Place and Long House medical practices: proposed changes to boundaries

The medical practices at 31 Eyre Crescent (postcode EH3 5EU) and 73 East trinity Street (postcode EH5 3EL) are proposing to reduce the areas they cover. This is basically because they believe they are over-subscribed. The details are in the PDFs below. (Click the graphics to see the full-size PDFs.)

Please let us know if you have any concerns about these proposed changes, via our contact-us page.

Eyre Place Long House