Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, on Tuesday 25 April 2023 at 6:30pm
Actions and decisions are red italic. Nem con means that no-one spoke or voted against an item. Continue reading
LHNCC agenda: May 2023
Tuesday 23 May 2023, 18:30pm – 20:30pm via Microsoft Teams
- Introductions, apologies
- Declaration of interests
- Minutes April 2023 meeting
- Matters arising
- Police Report tbc
- Councillor/MSP/MP reports
- Chair, Secretary and Treasurer reports
- Standing reports
- Planning
- Dockside, Ocean Drive
- Licensing
- Transport
- Community Councils Together on Trams (CCTT)
- Edinburgh Bus User’s Group
- Leith Connections
- Lothian Buses – Network changes – Sunday 28 May 2023
- Environment
- FOWLB (DG)
- SOSLeith – Update on Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs)
- Thriving Green Spaces, Parks (6) in Leith, Workshop
- Heritage
- Victoria Bridge and Rennie’s Isle Bridge
- Community
- Planning
- Resident issues
- Edinburgh Association of Community Councils (EACC)
- AOCB
- Date of next meeting – AGM & Ordinary 27 June 2023
Forthcoming events
Quintinshill Memorial Service – 10.30am Saturday 20 May2023. Rosebank Cemetery, Pilrig Street
Newhaven Gala Day – Saturday 27 May2023, Queen arrives Newhaven Harbour 11.00am and parade to Heart of Newhaven for Crowning
Leith Festival Gala Day – Saturday 10 June 2023, Leith Links
Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting, 13 April 2022
Minutes of the Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting on Thursday 13 April 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
LHNCC March 2023 minutes
Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, on Tuesday 28 March 2023 at 6:30pm
Actions and decisions are red italic. Nem con means that no-one spoke or voted against an item. Continue reading
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/
Newhaven Gala Day: 27 May 2023
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
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.
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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