consultations

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Flood prevention

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:

 

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2 Ocean Drive: LHNCC’s submission

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

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Conservation Area character appraisals

The Council is currently reviewing the character appraisals for Edinburgh’s conservation areas.

Character appraisals guide the local planning authority in making planning decisions and, where opportunities arise, in preparing enhancement proposals.

The current character appraisal for Leith can be viewed here:

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/1099/leith_conservation_area_character_appraisalpdf

The intention is to make the appraisals more interactive and the first of these has been completed for the Grange Conservation Area:

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory_record/377091/grange_conservation_area

A draft revised character appraisal is programmed for presentation to the Planning Committee in February 2015. Following this there will be a comprehensive consultation on the appraisal.

At this stage, we would be pleased to know if there are any issues you would like to see included in the draft appraisal.

Please contact me if you would like to discuss this or arrange a meeting.

Jack

 

 

Jack Gillon, Principal Practitioner, Built & Natural Heritage, Services for Communities, The City of Edinburgh Council, Waverley Court, Level G3, 4 East Market Street Edinburgh, EH8 8BG. Tel 0131 469 3634. jack.gillon@edinburgh.gov.uk www.edinburgh.gov.uk

 

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Street design – consultation ends soon

(Adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)

This is a reminder that Edinburgh Council has added additional information to its web site about the detailed design of streets. It would like your views on this information. This consultation will run until 31st August 2014.

You can read the documents on the Council’s web site at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/streetdesign and you can e-mail comments directly to streetdesign@edinburgh.gov.uk.

You can follow progress on the consultation on Twitter at http://twitter.com/planningedin

Edinburgh Street Design I Services for Communities I City of Edinburgh Council I Waverley Court I 4 East Market Street I Edinburgh EH8 8BG I street.design@edinburgh.gov.uk I www.edinburgh.gov.uk/streetdesign

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Local Development Plan – online documents, submitting comments

(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council) 

 

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Edinburgh Council has prepared a Second Proposed Edinburgh Local Development Plan. It sets out policies and proposals to guide land use and development.

It is accompanied by a Environmental Report – Second Revision, a Second Proposed Action Programme, a revised Draft Habitats Regulations Appraisal Record and a number of other supporting documents. These include a Schedule of Representations, which explains what regard has been had to representations made in 2013 to the first Proposed Plan.

All of these documents are available for inspection from 22nd August – 3rd October 2014 at:

  • Planning and Building Standards Reception, Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday.
  • All Council libraries during normal opening hours.

The documents can also be viewed at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/localdevelopmentplan

Representations can be made on the Second Proposed Plan. These must be submitted in writing using the form provided by 5.00pm on Friday 3 October 2014. Representations can be submitted electronically to localdevelopmentplan@edinburgh.gov.uk or by post to Local Development Plan Team, City of Edinburgh Council, Business Centre G.3, Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG.

Copies of the representations form and guidance note on submitting representations are available on the above website, at Waverley Court and in Council libraries.

If you made a representation to the first Proposed Plan in 2013, please note that you will need to resubmit your representation if you wish it to be formally considered by the Council and dealt with through the examination process.

Written comments can also be submitted on the Environmental Report, Action Programme, Draft Habitats Regulations Appraisal Record and other supporting documents. These should be sent to the above email or postal address by Friday 3rd October 2014.

Drop-in engagement events have been arranged to provide further information on any aspect of the Second Proposed Plan:

  • North West Edinburgh, Rosebery Hall, Queensferry, 26 August, 3.30-6.45pm.
  • West Edinburgh, Drumbrae Library Hub, 28 August, 4-7pm.
  • South East Edinburgh, Kings Manor Hotel, Milton Road, 1 September, 4-7pm.
  • South West Edinburgh, Gibson Craig Hall, Currie, 3 September, 4-7pm.
  • South East Edinburgh, Faith Mission Hall, Gilmerton, 4 September, 4-7pm.
  • General session, Urban Room, Waverley Court, East Market Street, 22 September, 4-7 pm.

For more details see www.edinburgh.gov.uk/localdevelopmentplan or contact Marius Hince on 0131 529 4692 or marius.hince@edinburgh.gov.uk

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Edinburgh Planning Concordat Engagement Fund – very small uptake

Edinburgh Council’s Planning Committee agreed in August 2013 to provide small grants (around £300) to assist community councils in carrying out engagement on major applications*. Recently, the Planning Committee stated that it’s received only 2 applications for such grants. It has asked CCs:

  1. Is there a particular reason why you have not applied for grant assistance to engage with the wider community?
  2. Are there any changes to the rules which would make it easier for you to apply for assistance?
  3. Any other comments?

*As far as the author of this post is aware, the Edinburgh Planning Concordat is the framework for this assistance.

Leith Central CC’s planning subcommittee suggested the following reasons:

  • available funds are insignificant compared to developers’ resources
  • the timescales to deploy any funds are often very short: CCs who will often struggle to submit a considered response, don’t have time to think about applications at this point
  • unless a consultation can address all relevant households (efficiently and reliably), any quantitative results are statistically irrelevant (or even unreliable, as we can’t check the authenticity of individual responses); so we rely on old-fashioned qualitative methods – small numbers, but free
Of course, CEC could automatically pay a consultation grant to a CC (proportionate to scale of application) as a major application is being submitted (and the processing fee is collected).

 

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Influencing the next South East Scotland Strategic Development Plan (SDP2) – Your Say

There is one week left to complete our survey which will help inform the next Strategic Development Plan for Edinburgh and South East Scotland. The survey closes at 5pm on Friday 30 May 2014.

If you wish to have your say, the short survey is available to complete on the SESplan Consultation Portal (http://sesplan-consult.objective.co.uk/portal/mir_ee/influence_the_plan).

Housing Need and Demand Assessment

In a few weeks time, we will be seeking comments on a draft Housing Need and Demand Assessment. This document sets out future estimates of the numbers of households we need to plan for up to 2038. This key document will inform the content of the Main Issues Report for the Strategic Development Plan to be produced later this year. Therefore we want to hear your opinion on it. We will send a further email when it is available for comment.

Housing Land Supplementary Guidance

Following the consultation in late 2013, the SESplan Housing Land Supplementary Guidance has been submitted to Scottish Ministers. They have 28 days to consider the documents. Unless instructed otherwise, at the end of the 28 days the SESplan member authorities will formally adopt the Supplementary Guidance. The Supplementary Guidance sets out how the housing requirements up to 2024 for each of the SESplan local authorities. This will inform each authorities Local Development Plan. Details are available at http://www.sesplan.gov.uk/strategic-development-plan/housing-land-supplementary-guidance.

If you have any queries, please contact the SESplan team at 0131 524 5165 or email us at contactus@sesplan.gov.uk.

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