MInutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held via Zoom, on Tuesday 26 January 2021at 7:00pm Continue reading
LHNCC meetings
Next LHNCC meeting
The next LHNCC meeting will be on Tuesday 23 February 2021, at 7pm, via Zoom.
- This will be a public meeting.
- Please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leith-harbour-newhaven-community-council-tuesday-2021-meeting-tickets-141556099103
- LHNCC welcomes public input in advance via the website contact-form at https://lhncc.org.uk/contact-us, or by email to secretary@lhncc.org.uk.
- Public input is equally welcome at any time after the meeting.
- An agenda will be circulated in due course, both by email and via a post on this website.
LHNCC is aware that online meetings exclude those who cannot access them, whatever the reason. However, this is the best it can offer under the current circumstances.
Further meeting dates, coronavirus permitting, are 7pm to 9pm on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
LHNCC quarterly newsletter: Summer 2020
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LHNCC November 2020 minutes
MInutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held via Zoom, on Tuesday 24 November 2020 at 7:00pm Continue reading
LHNCC agenda and Eventbrite link: February 2021
Please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leith-harbour-newhaven-community-council-tuesday-2021-meeting-tickets-141556099103
- Introductions, apologies
- Declaration of interests
- Minutes of January 2021 meeting
- Matters arising
- Police Report
- Councillor/MSP/MP reports
- Chair, Secretary and Treasurer reports
- Standing reports
- Planning
- Albert Dock update
- Seafield Project update
- Commercial Quay update
- Licensing
- Transport
- Trams/Community Councils Together on Trams
- Leith Connections consultation
- Edinburgh Bus User’s Group
- Environment
- Coallie Park Conversations consultation
- Tree felling and replanting – Ocean Way
- PAS Sustainability event
- Heritage
- Heart of Newhaven Community Project
- Leith Heritage group
- Leith Civic Trust (Vision)
- Community
- £eith Chooses – results
- North East Community Planning Partnership
- Planning
- Resident issues
- Continued about tram work vibration levels and temporary road works on Constitution St
- Lack of attention to streetscaping and peacemaking: The Shore, Coallie Park and Henderson Street schemes
- Continued concern about graffiti/dog waste
- Ocean Terminal – meetings, notices and community engagement
- AOCB
- Date of next meeting – Tuesday 23 March 2021
Secretary’s report links
These relate to the sections of item 8 above:
- Planning
- Scottish Government Creating Places: A policy on architecture and place in Scotland
- Scottish Government: New build heat standard scoping consultation – closes 3/3/21
- Scottish Government: National Planning Framework Consultation closes 19/2/21
- CEC: Edinburgh Development Concordat
c. Transport
- Leith Connections Consultation – closes 28/2/21
- Scottish Government: STPR2: Update and Phase 1 recommendations
- CEC Edinburgh city-wide parking: Phase 2 survey – closes 14/3/21
d. Environment
f. Community
LHNCC October 2020 minutes
MInutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held via Zoom on Tuesday 27 October 2020 at 7:00pm
LHNCC agenda: November 2020
Meeting date
24 November 2020
Agenda
- Introductions, apologies
- Declaration of interests
- Minutes of September 2020 meeting
- Matters arising
- Police Report
- Councillor’s, MSP’s, MP’s reports
- Chair, Secretary and Treasurer reports
- Standing reports
- Planning
- Seafield Project – update
- Albert Dock perimeter fencing
- Licensing
- Transport
- Trams/Community Councils Together on Trams
- OT updated landscape design
- Sunday working in Constitution Street
- Tram Stop and trees – Ocean Drive
- Edinburgh Bus Users’ Group
- Removal of bike racks at the Kirkgate
- Trams/Community Councils Together on Trams
- Environment
- Update on Discovery Garden at Ocean Terminal
- Update on Crown Estate Scotland – sustainable communities fund
- Heritage
- Heart of Newhaven Community Project – latest newsletter posted on website and circulated. Request for Volunteers has been made, details and application form on their website
- Community
- Leith Community Education Centre AGM (23 November 2020 at 6pm via Zoom)
- VPS – Christmas lights
- Leith Chooses update (DT & DG)
- 100 Days – Leith Forever Exhibition
- Resident issues
- Rubbish/litter on ground North of Portland Gardens
- Increase in graffiti in Leith Harbour
- Planning
- Neighbourhood
- North East Community Planning Partnership update
- AOCB
- Date of next meeting – Tuesday 26 January 2021
Secretary’s Report Links
- Trams to Newhaven secures future of Discovery Garden
- Cockburn Association: Public Space Management Plan – request for input
- Heart of Newhaven Project November Newsletter
- Leith Chooses 15/11/20
- 100 Days – Leith Forever Online exhibition
- Edinburgh Talks Climate
- Leith Community Education Centre AGM – Monday 23 November 2020 from 6pm on Zoom
- Scottish Recovery Network – Together we can make mental health recovery real
- £2·75 Million Event Fund – Visit Scotland
- EACC: The Edinburgh Poverty Commission’s successful final report
Register for LHNCC’s November meeting
LHNCC’s next meeting will be held via Zoom on 24 November. Please register on Eventbrite.
We will then email the Zoom link.
The agenda will appear soon on the meeting-papers page.
LHNCC September 2020 minutes: ordinary meeting
MInutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held via Zoom on Tuesday 22 September 2020 at 7:30pm
LHNCC September 2020 minutes: annual general meeting
MInutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council annual general meeting, held via Zoom on Tuesday 22 September 2020 at 7:30pm
LHNCC agenda: October 2020
Agenda
- Introductions, apologies
- Declaration of interests
- Minutes of August 2020 meeting
- Matters arising
- Police Report (tbc)
- Chair, Secretary and Treasurer reports
- Standing reports
- Planning
- Tram Stop Ocean Terminal – letter of objection regarding Discovery Garden (link in Secretary’s Report below)
- Bath Road/Salamander St. PAN Application – feedback form closing date 29/10/20 (link in Secretary’s report below)
- Seafield Project – update.
- Licensing
- Update
- Transport
- Trams/CCTT (Community Councils Together on Trams)
- EBUG (Edinburgh Bus Users’ Group)
- Environment
- OT Discovery Garden update
- Heritage
- Leith Heritage Group Meeting 19/10/20 – Update
- Rennie’s Isle Bridge
- Heart of Newhaven Community Project – update (link in Secretary’s Report)
- Community
- LHNCC – Crown Estate Scotland – Sustainable Communities Grant update
- VPS – Christmas lights
- Leith Chooses – request for CC’s support vote (circulated to members 20/10/20)
- Response to resident regarding parking issues in Hawthornvale
- Planning
- North East Community Planning Partnership update
Checkpoint Group (DT)
- AOCB
- Date of next meeting – Tuesday 24 November 2020
Secretary’s report and links
Ocean Terminal Tram Stop Planning application – letter of objection re Discovery Garden: https://lhncc.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/lhncc-letter-of-objection-tram-stop-application-ot-oct-2020-jm-final.pdf
Bath Road/Salamander St. PAN Application download and complete consultation form: https://salamanderstreet.scot
Heart of Newhaven Project Update: https://lhncc.org.uk/2020/10/18/heart-of-newhaven-latest-update
Free repairs for bikes: https://www.cyclinguk.org/ScotCycleRepair
Leith100 Autumn Programme of Events: https://mailchi.mp/a0a0e71434d7/announcing-a-new-series-of-leith100-events-9438398?e=a59819d631
How to get the Flu vaccine in your area: https://www.nhsinform.scot/flu
Kick Start Scheme for Youth in Scotland – UK Government: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-launches-kickstart-scheme-for-youth-in-scotland
The City of Edinburgh Council – Public Space Management Plan – Stakeholder Engagement
The City of Edinburgh Council would like your involvement, input and advice in developing and refining the new Public Space Management Plan (PSMP). Closes on 23 November 2020: https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/b24acf90/