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Seafield masterplan consultation

From Edinburgh Council:

The proposed City Plan 2030 identifies the need for a Place Brief and a Masterplan for Seafield. This is to ensure that as proposals come forward in line with its designation as a location for new homes, there is a co-ordinated approach to creating a successful new neighbourhood. 

7N Architects have been appointed by the City of Edinburgh Council to create this Place Brief and Masterplan and are working with City of Edinburgh Council and members of Seafield: Connecting Coastal Communities. 

We will be consulting the community in three stages. This is Stage 1 and concerns high level issues and opportunities at Seafield. We will be responding to the outcome of this stage at Stage 2 and then reviewing final proposals at Stage 3. Please see our main page for updates.

Access the consultation via https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/seafield-regeneration-community-consultation/consultation/intro/

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More information on Dockside/Skyliner application

LHNCC’s secretary is compiling LHNCC’s response to this application. See this post for how you can contribute to this: https://lhncc.org.uk/2023/05/08/dockside-skyliner-ocean-drive-planning-application-23-01615-ful.

Meanwhile, LHNCC’ secretary has compiled information about the application in the PDF below.

This includes the pertinent question ‘What about elderly and other disabilities, lack of intergenerational community-building provision, children’s playground and development of 20 minute neighbourhoods?‘

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Scottish Land Commission virtual public meeting: 17 May, 7pm

The Scottish Land Commission writes:

Join the Scottish Land Commission for the next in our series of virtual public meetings, covering Edinburgh on Wednesday 17 May at 7:00 pm.

There will be a short presentation on our work, followed by a Q&A session with our Chair, Andrew Thin, and Land Commissioner David Adams. Find out more about land reform, share your views on it in your area, and learn how it can contribute to a successful Scotland. We will be discussing:

  • Natural capital and land
  • Modernising land ownership
  • Transforming vacant and derelict land
  • Land for housing
  • Our Good Practice programme
  • Putting into practice land rights and responsibilities
  • Work of the Tenant Farming Commissioner

Attached is a poster with further details. Please circulate this to anyone that may be interested.

To book your place please register at this link.

If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Many thanks and best wishes

Sara Smith

Comms & Events Assistant
Scottish Land Commission | An Lòchran | 10 Inverness Campus | Inverness | IV2 5NA
‘ 01463 423 310/ 07827 937 206| : sara.smith@landcommission.gov.scot | www.landcommission.gov.scot  

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Calls to stop dumping sewage in the Water of Leith

The Liberal Democrat Group has lodged a motion at this week’s full council meeting asking that action is taken to monitor the discharge of sewage into the Water of Leith and other waterways in and Around Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Reporter, 29 April 2023

You can read Cllr Jack Caldwell’s article in the Edinburgh Reporter here: https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2023/04/calls-to-stop-dumping-sewage-in-the-water-of-leith/. While LHNCC must stay out of (party) political matters, it agrees that the sewage issues in the Water of Leith a a serious concern.

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Dockside (Skyliner) Ocean Drive – Planning Application 23/01615/FUL

Here is a link tot he documents associated with this planning application: https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=RSZRM3EWKPT00.

LHNCC plans to respond to this application. Please use our contact form (https://lhncc.org.uk/contact-us) to tell us what you think. Alternatively, please email secretary@lhncc.org.uk.

Please not the window for comments closes on 19 May, and LHNCC will need a few days before that to compile its response.

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Mill Lane surgery

Mill Lane surgery has advised that it wishes to alter (i.e. shrink) its practice area. See the following extract from its letter to an LHNCC member, and the PDF of the full hard copy.

Dear XXX

ALTERATION TO PRACTICE AREA – MILL LANE SURGRY (71364), 4 MILL LANE, EDINBURGH EH6 6TL

Mill Lane Surgery has requested agreement from NHS Lothian to alter their practice boundary. As part of this process, I am writing to seek your views on this proposal.

The current practice area is:

“From Granton Square, up Granton Road, Ferry Road, lnverleith Row, Brandon Terrace, Dundas Street, Queen Street, York Place, Picardy Place, Leith Walk, London Road, Portobello Road, Kings Road, Firth of Forth back to Granton Square”

The proposed practice area can be defined as follows:

“From the Firth of Forth along Laverockbank Road and Lixmount A venue, west along the Hawthomvale Cycle Path, then south along the Goldenacre Cycle Path to the Water of Leith, Logie Green Road, Broughton Road to its junction with Dunedin Street, south to Claremont Crescent, West Annandale Street, Annandale Street, Leith Walk to Shrub Place Lane, railway line to Easter Road, Albion Road including Harrismith Place, Albion Place, Hawkhill Avenue, Lochend Road to the Restalrig Cycle Path, cycle path to Pimiefield Bank, Boothacre Lane, Seafield Place, Salamander Street to Carron Place, then north-east along Albert Road to the Firth of Forth.”

I enclose a tist of local practices whose boundaries include the Areas which the Mill Lane Surgery wishes to exclude, a supporting statement from the practice and maps illustrating the current and proposed boundaries, population density and a map plotting the location of all the practices included in the enclosed list.

The practice has confirmed that should the proposed boundary be approved, the practice will continue to care for patients currently on the patient list but outwith the proposed practice boundary area.
Should your Council wish to forward views on this proposal, please do so by 19 May 2023.

Yours sincerely

LEE DOYLE
Contractor Support Officer

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Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting, 09 March 2022

Minutes of the Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting on Thursday 09 March 2023 at 5:15pm, at Trams project compound (165 Leith Walk)

Actions and decisions are red italic. ‘TT’ means ‘Trams Team’. Names are mostly abbreviated to initials. Continue reading →

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Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting, 9 February 2023

Minutes of the Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting on Thursday 09 February 2023 at 5:15pm, at Trams project compound (165 Leith Walk)

Actions and decisions are red italic. ‘TT’ means ‘Trams Team’. Names are mostly abbreviated to initials.

[text in square brackets] is glosses, i.e. implications unspoken at this point but drawn from other spoken items.

CCTT’s minute-taker apologises for the late publication of these minutes, due to delay in obtaining permission to publish. Continue reading →