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Proposals For Waterfront Plaza

 

CALA Management Ltd submitted  a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) on 26 February 2016 relating to a proposed residential led development including affordable housing provision, landscaping and public realm parking and associated works  and . As part of the ongoing design development of the proposals and in advance of submitting a planning application later this year, CALA is inviting local residents  to attend a public consultation event on Thursday 21st April 2016, between 12pm – 7pm at Ocean Terminal, Ocean Drive, Edinburgh EH6 6JJ.

 

This is an opportunity for CALA to gather views and comments from members of the public and the local community on the emerging proposals. The exhibition will illustrate the proposed approach to development as it is progressing, and members of the project team will be on hand to explain the proposals.

We would encourage you to go along and make your views count.

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Police online poll for public

(adapted from a post on Tower Wharf Residents’ Association’s website)

Police Scotland is inviting people to tell them what they want from local policing via a new online survey.  The survey, which takes 15 minutes to complete, follows feedback from communities who want better opportunities to have their say.

Chief Constable Phil Gormley said, ‘Police Scotland wants to gather and understand views which reflect the needs of communities.’

The year-long survey went live yesterday at www.scotland.police.uk/yourviewcounts.

Go take, take 15 minutes and tell them what you think!

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Election hustings: 14 April

The Spurtle will host hustings for the Scottish Parliamentary election from 7.30pm–9.00pm on 14 April in Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church (Bellevue Crescent).

Representatives have been invited from all 10 parties/independents standing in the Edinburgh Northern & Leith constituency. Full details are on the Spurtle website.

You can submit questions in advance to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.

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Leith Community Cinema – ‘Bride and Prejudice’

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Leith Community Cinema’s latest film showing is Bride and Prejudice, on Friday 18th March at 7pm.
Suggested entry is £3 although LCC accepts donations as people feel able.

On the night there will be food from Punjabi Junction (cost £2 per head) along with craft beer tasting and Indian dancing. Tickets can be reserved at www.leithcommunitycinema.com

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Easter Road Game Changer

(adapted from an email from Tahl Kaminer, Lecturer in Architectural Design and Theory, University of Edinburgh)

Hibernian Community Foundation, the charity arm of Hibernian FC, has launched Game Changer, an ambitious Public Social Partnership in collaboration with many partners, chief among them NHS Lothian and Edinburgh City Council.

‘The aim is to unlock the power and passion associated with football and to make greater use of all Hibernian’s physical, cultural and professional assets, to deliver a better, healthier future for the most vulnerable, disenfranchised or disadvantaged in our communities.’

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Interim election – update

Leith Harbour & Newhaven CC needs at least one new member to continue. But that’s not an upper limit – there are spaces for up to 7 new members. LHNCC will welcome new people to carry on its work on local matters.

If you live in LHNCC’s area*, you can nominate yourself between Monday 7 March and Wednesday 30th March. We’ll post about the nomination process as soon as we can.

If there are 8 or more valid nominations, then an election will be required – this would be notified on Monday 4 April and the polling day would be Monday 25 April 2016. However, if there are 7 or fewer valid nominations, the nominees will automatically become members of LHNCC.

*See also searchable CC finder on the national CC website

 

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Open data Edinburgh map – planning in context!

Greener Leith’s open data map of Edinburgh is now online at https://myleith.wordpress.com.

It brings several open datasets together in one place, including:

  • significant planned developments in the New Town & Broughton Community Council area (including links to the relevant documents on the CEC planning portal)
  • the wider urban planning context (housing land audit completions and schedule, local development plan, protected areas, listed buildings, open spaces, vacant and derelict land) Continue reading →