Housebreakers in Edinburgh often aren’t after the valuables in your home now. Instead they want your car keys so they can joyride your car – and then set it on fire. Advice from Police Scotland is to not store your keys visibly near your front door. Instead, keep them out of sight so that house-breakers can’t make off with car.
(with thanks to Sgt Nick Davies of Leith Police Station)
Click to download: 2015_09_02 agenda
(Adapted from a post on the Cockburn Association’s Facebook page)
Forth Ports have applied for planning permission to demolish the Imperial Grain Warehouse, associated out buildings and external plant | Grain Silo Imperial Dock
The Imperial Dock Grain Elevator is a multi-phase category B listed grain storage building sited adjoining the deep water dock on Leith’s waterfront. The original building dates from 1933-4 and was designed by JD Easton and AH Roberts for the Leith Dock Commission. It was added to and extended in the late 1950’s and late 1960’s. Internally, the building comprises a series of concrete bins used as grain storage silos with an access floor to the top and another to the bottom. To the front, an elevator block still houses the original conveyors and lifts. The building was listed in 1995 when still in use, and was noted as a remarkable survival containing its early machinery.
To find out what Forth Ports want to replace it with, please log onto Edinburgh Council Planning Portal and enter 15/03779/LBC into the search box.
You have until 11 September to comment on this application to demolish a listed building.
(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)
Grab a Grant for Autumn!
Action Earth is helping to get people and communities busy outdoors. The campaign has grants to give to groups of volunteers who are carrying out environmental projects in Scotland.
Grants from £50 to £250 are available for practical activities that involve volunteers in improving outdoor spaces or creating habitats for wildlife. Grants can be used to purchase plants, tools and materials or to cover volunteer expenses.
The campaign is run by Volunteering Matters (formerly known as CSV) from April to December each year and is supported by Scottish Natural Heritage.
If you have any questions contact Robert Henderson on T: 0131 622 7766 or robert.henderson@volunteeringmatters.org.uk
For more information and to apply online go to www.volunteeringmatters.org.uk/actionearth
(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council planning department)
The Second Proposed Local Development Plan (LDP June 2014) sets out a new approach to developer contributions and the delivery of infrastructure linked closely with the second proposed Action Programme (Updated May 2105). The Action Programme sets out the infrastructure, including education, transport, and greenspace actions, required to help mitigate the impact of strategic and planned growth and to deliver the proposals identified within the Plan.
Policies Del1 (Developer Contributions) and Del2 (Retrospective Developer Contributions) of the Second Proposed Plan require developer contributions from any development if:
To support this new approach, planning guidance on how the Council collects Developer Contributions and the approach to Affordable Housing has been updated.
A questionnaire has been provided on the Consultation Hub – here, to guide you through the proposed changes. Responses to this consultation should be provided by Friday 25 September 2015.
If you have any queries regarding the consultation or the guidance please contact me on 0131 529 6232 or via emailkate.hopper@edinburgh.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
Kate Hopper
Senior Planning Officer
(Adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council Planning)
In June this year the Planning Committee approved a draft customer engagement strategy which explains how we intend to engage and communicate with all of our customers. We are also proposing changes to our customer charter. This sets out the level of service you should expect from us.These changes are due to a number of factors such as increasing demand, how our customers access the service and how we can continue to improve performance.We have two short surveys on the draft engagement strategy and our revised customer service charter and would appreciate your views on both.
You can directly respond to SESplan’s report here. If you do so, please respond as an individual, not on behalf of LHNCC.
However, the Cockburn Association says
The Cockburn Association (Edinburgh Civic Trust) is preparing its response for the 2nd South East Scotland Strategic Development Plan (SESplan2) Main Issues Report (MIR).
It would be most helpful if we could include your views on some of the key issues in our response. These are outlined on the attached survey form. Although the form requests a name/postcode, your views will not be attributed, as the intention is to collate and summarise the survey responses for inclusion in our representations on the MIR to the six Local Authorities that have prepared this plan, which include the City of Edinburgh Council.
If you are able to complete the survey, we would be grateful if you could return it to us by Friday 28 August 2015
Please download the CA’s survey from here.
(Adapted from an email from SESplan – full email is here)
The impact population, household and economic growth will have on our countryside, infrastructure and communities is explored in the SESplan Main Issues Report. With the second largest population growth in Scotland predicted by 2037 (220,000 more people and 25% more homes) there will be significant implications for wherever this new development is accommodated in the region.
SESplan launched the public consultation on Main Issues Report on the 21 July 2015. The consultation aims to get as many people as possible interested in the future of the region and commenting on the issues. The Main Issues Report asks key questions, the answers to which will shape the way our region looks, feels and functions for decades to come. The Main Issues Report represents your chance to influence the second strategic plan for the region.
As the consultation is gathering pace a range of events are taking place in the region and SESplan are encouraging people to come along to consultation events in their area to find out more. Events include:
Aimed at Community Councils, Community Groups and anyone looking to engage in discussions about the Main Issues Report (PDF). These events feature an introduction on what SESplan is and what the Main Issues are followed by workshop based discussion. Please let SESplan know if you want to attend contactus@sesplan.gov.uk.
The Edinburgh events are
(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council – click for full text of that email: Public toilets)
Following consultation, we can advise that the toilets below will be closed over the following timescales:
The toilets at Hawes Pier and Middle Meadow Walk will not be closed at this time, while the options for these sites are reviewed.
To lessen the impact of the closures, the Council is establishing a Community Toilet Scheme with interested businesses across the city. This would result in participating businesses allowing members of the public to use their toilet facilities without expecting them to make a purchase, in exchange for an annual payment from the Council.
It is appreciated that there will be some impact following these closures. To help mitigate this, there have been over 60 additional toilet facilities identified in Council buildings around the city that are available for the public to use. These are located in various Libraries, Community Centres, Edinburgh Leisure facilities and Neighbourhood Offices, and information about these toilet facilities is available here on the Council’s website. Nearly 20 public toilets will remain open.
If you would like to make an enquiry about public toilet closures, please call 0131 529 3030 or email public.toilets@edinburgh.gov.uk.
(Ian MacPhail also emailed ‘It’s been a genuine attempt to put grassroots stakeholders in charge. The fact there has been standing room only has been a testimony to how engaged people are.
Date – 15 June 2015, Venue – West Drawing Room at Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh
Chair & Minutes – Iain MacPhail, City of Edinburgh Council, City Centre Programme Manager Contact Email – iain.macphail@edinburgh.gov.uk
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