(adapted from an email from Leith Creative)
(based on a flyer posted on Tower Wharf Residents’ Association’s website – thank you!)
At 6:49 on 22 May 1915 a troop-train carrying 498 members of the 1st/7th (Leith) Battalion, The Royal Scots, en route to Liverpool to embark for Gallipoli crashed into a local train parked on the wrong line, at Quintinshill, just north of Gretna. A minute later a Glasgow-bound express ploughed into the wreckage. 216 men from the Battalion died and a further 220 were injured in the crash and ensuing fire. Nearly all came from Leith, Musselburgh and Portbello. It is still by far the worst accident for casualties in the history of railways in briatin. Most of those who died were buried in a communal grave in Rosebank Cemetery, Pilrig Street, where a memorial Cross and Plaques commemorate all 216 who died. Continue reading
(Adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)
Councillor Gavin Barrie, Convenor of the Licensing Regulatory Committee would like to extend an invitation to a meeting on Wednesday 29 April 2015 from 6pm – 7.30pm in the European Room at City Chambers. Continue reading
Each council ward will be assigned 2 Community Police Officers, with an additional 7 for City Centre to aid with issues around the night time economy, as agreed at Edinburgh Council’s Health, Social Care and Housing Committee today. Full details can be found at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/46716/item_76_-_police_scotland_service_level_agreement_2015-16.
Please see below the cut for the key parts of this document.
The agreement will apparently commence on 1st April (it’s 21 April just now). We do not currently know how many Community Improvement partnerships (CIPs) are in place just now, nor how they will interface with Community Councils, but will report as soon as we have further information. Continue reading
(with thanks to Leith Links CC for alerting us to this issue. The text below is adapted from a page on Edinburgh Council’s consultation hub.)
Edinburgh Council has taken a step back from implementing a £600,000 reduction for the Public Conveniences budget, which would have resulted in the closure of 22 public toilets across the city.
However, a budget decision was taken in 2011 to remove £300,000 from the service budget within the 2015/2016 financial year. This means that around 10 public toilets will still need to be closed. You can tell Edinburgh Council what you think by answering a survey. (Please note the survey opens on Monday 13 April.)
Click to download the approved minutes of LHNCC’s March 2015 meeting: 2015_03_04 final
Matters discussed included
The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has recently published its Forth Estuary Local Plan District. It states that ‘3,300 residential properties and 480 non-residential properties [in the Water of Leith catchment area] are at a medium likelihood of flooding from one or more sources’.
There is a consultation on the plans for the Water of Leith catchment area at https://frm-scotland.org.uk/frmp/ph2_forth-estuary-lpd-10-draft-flood-risk-mana/
Click to obtain relevant documents:
LHNCC has written to Forth Ports’ port manager asking for more information, and for them to address LHNCC about their plans. Click to see a scan of the letter: 2015_03_24 RW to FD
We will report on any response via this website.
(adapted from a flyer and email from Edinburgh Council)
Do you have a community project? Does it need funds? If so, this event is for you!
When: Thursday 23 April 2015, 1.00 – 4.00pm
Where: The Central Library,George IV Bridge Edinburgh
What: ‘Meet the Funders is a free public marketplace event providing access to funding information for community projects.’
See below the cut for more details.
LHNCC has submitted its response to this planning proposal. In summary, LHNCC is not opposed in principle to housing development in this location, However, it is concerned with design points, such as massing the structure along pavement edges and the height of the buildings.
Click to download the full submission: 150219 LHNCC ltr to CEC comments 14_05127_FUL v2
