Scottish Historic Buildings Trust

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LHNCC March 2024 minutes

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held at Heart of Newhaven, on Tuesday 26 March 2024 at 6:30pm

Actions and decisions are red italic. Nem con means that no-one spoke or voted against an item.

The meeting was preceded by a presentation by Cllr Cammy Day, Leader of Edinburgh Council, on the ‘Regeneration of North Edinburgh’.

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LHNCC agenda: 27 February 2024

Date and time: 18:30 to 20:30, Tuesday 27 February 2024

Venue: in-person only at Custom House, 65-67 Commercial St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6LH

PLEASE ENTER VIA THE SIDE DOOR ON THE QUAYSIDE

  1. Introductions
  2. Apologies for absence
  3. Minutes of January 23rd meeting (link to draft minutes)
  4. Matters arising (those not covered in this agenda or carried forward)
  5. Residents’ issues advised to LHNCC prior to the meeting
    • Anchorfield update
    • Dogs walked in public spaces
  6. Police report
  7. Standing reports (from our leads)
    • Planning
      • Upskill training in planning for LHNCC
      • Seafield update
      • Ocean Terminal, future presentation
      • Discovery Garden project
      • Western Harbour Ponds, PAN
      • Local place plans
    • Licensing
    • Transport
      • Update on Edinburgh Tram operations
      • Community Councils Together on Trams (CCTT), LHNCC membership
      • Update on Edinburgh Bus Users Group
    • Environment
      • Edinburgh Green Spaces, future presentation
      • Friends of the Water of Leith Basin (FoWLB) update
    • Heritage
      • News from Scottish Heritage Buildings (SHBT)
    • Community
      • £eithChooses Awards Night, 22nd February, Kirkgate Community Centre
      • North East Locality Community Planning Partnership, LIP development update
      • Review of Edinburgh Community Council Scheme and Boundaries, 29th February
  8. Edinburgh City Councillors’ Reports
  9. Local MSPs’ and MP’s reports
  10. LHNCC treasurer’s Report
  11. EACC update
  12. AOCB, issued raised during this meeting etc

Dates of future meetings

Tuesday 26th March, 2024 (venue: Anchor East, Heart of Newhaven)
Tuesday 23rd April

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A survey on the future use of Custom House in Leith

The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) is carrying out a survey of people and organisations in Leith to help define a long term plan for the development of Custom House.  The survey is designed to build on consultations carried out since Custom House was bought by the City of Edinburgh Council and leased to SHBT in order to save and regenerate this important historic building.

It is important for SHBT to understand the communities’ views on the development of Custom House. The consultations are being carried out in line with SHBT’s remit from the Council to ensure that the building is used sustainably for the benefit of the community of Leith – this reflects the purchase of the building using the Common Good Fund.

A fairly consistent picture has emerged through consultations of the kind of uses that might be developed for Custom House.  This seems to be a multi-purpose building, largely accessible to the community and part of which would celebrate and display aspects of Leith’s rich and fascinating heritage. It could include and be partly financed by rentable spaces for events, artist studios, cafes and compatible small local businesses. It could also be of sufficient interest to be a draw for visitors to Leith.

We now need as many people as possible to give us feedback on the potential uses by completing the survey. The results will be used to define the future of Custom House and guide the final proposals for the building.

Please help SHBT by completing this questionnaire as soon as possible – by Friday 6th December at the latest. Please click on the link below or copy and paste it into your browser.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LeithCustomHouseSurvey

If you have any queries about the survey or Custom House please contact SHBT by email on admin@shbt.org.