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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 →

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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

  1. Introductions, apologies
  2. Declaration of interests
  3. Minutes of January 2021 meeting
  4. Matters arising
  5. Police Report
  6. Councillor/MSP/MP reports
  7. Chair, Secretary and Treasurer reports
  8. Standing reports
    1. Planning
      1. Albert Dock update
      2. Seafield Project update
      3. Commercial Quay update
    2. Licensing
    3. Transport
      1. Trams/Community Councils Together on Trams
      2. Leith Connections consultation
      3. Edinburgh Bus User’s Group
    4. Environment
      1. Coallie Park Conversations consultation
      2. Tree felling and replanting – Ocean Way
      3. PAS Sustainability event
    5. Heritage
      1. Heart of Newhaven Community Project
      2. Leith Heritage group
      3. Leith Civic Trust (Vision)
    6. Community
      1. £eith Chooses – results
      2. North East Community Planning Partnership
  9. Resident issues
    1. Continued about tram work vibration levels and temporary road works on Constitution St
    2. Lack of attention to streetscaping and peacemaking: The Shore, Coallie Park and Henderson Street schemes
    3. Continued concern about graffiti/dog waste
  10. Ocean Terminal – meetings, notices and community engagement
  11. AOCB
  12. Date of next meeting – Tuesday 23 March 2021

Secretary’s report links

These relate to the sections of item 8 above:

  1. Planning

 

 

c. Transport

d. Environment

f. Community

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A Christmas card from LHNCC

Christmas greetings 2020
photo of a swan and foliage covered in snow during the 'beast from the east' in 2018

Photo-credit J Marlborough: swan at the Shore in 2018 (during the ‘beast from the east’)

We wish you a very peaceful Christmas and New Year. We know that this year has been very difficult for so many, but we hope that 2021 brings more certain times for everybody.

 Sending all our good wishes for better days ahead.

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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

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Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting, 29 October 2020

Minutes of the Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting (Construction Phase) via Google Meet on Thursday 29 October 2020 at 5:30pm Continue reading →

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LHNCC agenda: November 2020

Meeting date

24 November 2020

Agenda

  1. Introductions, apologies
  2. Declaration of interests
  3. Minutes of September 2020 meeting
  4. Matters arising
  5. Police Report
  6. Councillor’s, MSP’s, MP’s reports
  7. Chair, Secretary and Treasurer reports
  8. Standing reports
    1. Planning
      1. Seafield Project – update
      2. Albert Dock perimeter fencing
    2. Licensing
    3. Transport
      1. Trams/Community Councils Together on Trams
        • OT updated landscape design
        • Sunday working in Constitution Street
        • Tram Stop and trees – Ocean Drive
      2. Edinburgh Bus Users’ Group
      3. Removal of bike racks at the Kirkgate
    4. Environment
      1. Update on Discovery Garden at Ocean Terminal
      2. Update on Crown Estate Scotland – sustainable communities fund
    5. Heritage
      1. 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
    6. Community
      1. Leith Community Education Centre AGM (23 November 2020 at 6pm via Zoom)
      2. VPS – Christmas lights
      3. Leith Chooses update (DT & DG)
      4. 100 Days – Leith Forever Exhibition
      5. Resident issues
        • Rubbish/litter on ground North of Portland Gardens
        • Increase in graffiti in Leith Harbour
  9.  Neighbourhood
    • North East Community Planning Partnership update
  10. AOCB
  11. Date of next meeting – Tuesday 26 January 2021

Secretary’s Report Links

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Discovery Gardens saved!

Thanks to strong campaigning, in part by LHNCC members, it has been agreed that Discovery Gardens (at Ocean Terminal) will be retained. To quote the latest drawing LHNCC has received:

Existing ‘Discovery Garden’ shall be retained as far as possible and integrated into the design proposals. It shall incorporate new entrance signage … into the curved south boundary of the garden. The removal/modification of existing garden elements shall be minimised whilst ensuring a coherent public realm proposal.

drawing of Ocean Terminal tram-plans, showing retention of Discovery Gardens

Click the image to see the full-size PDF in a new window.

As LHNCC’s secretary, Jennifer Marlborough, said

Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council is very pleased and relieved to hear that Discovery Garden is to be retained. We have worked hard, alongside local residents and users of the Garden, to ensure that the cultural and environmental value of this small park is not lost in the midst of development. This is particularly important in an area already largely devoid of green and community spaces. We thank Trees of Edinburgh, #SOS Leith and the local community for their help with our campaign. We now look forward to continuing to work with the Trams to Newhaven team and Ambassador Group, the new owners of Ocean Terminal, to properly secure the Garden’s future.

Other quotes are available on the Trams to Newhaven website.