Western Harbour

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LHNCC agenda: 26 November 2024

Date and time: 18:30 to 20:30, Tuesday 26 November 2024
Venue: Custom House, 65-67 Commercial St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6LH*

PLEASE ENTER VIA THE SIDE DOOR ON THE QUAYSIDE

  1. Introductions, apologies
  2. Declaration of interests
  3. Minutes of October 24 meeting
    draft minutes available at https://lhncc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_10_22-draft-v2.pdf
  4. Matters arising
  5. Residents’ issues
    • TBC
  6. Police update (and responses to relevant issues raised in 5.)
  7. Standing items and updates
    • Planning and licensing
      1. Western Harbour 24/05114/FUL – proposed residential development of 104 apartments
      2. Bangor Road PAN
      3. BT Hubs
    • Transport
      1. Leith Connections (Henderson St, Hawthornvale to Seafield)
      2. Trams
      3. Buses
    • Environment and greenspace
      1. Water of Leith Basins
      2. Landscape/greenspace reinstatement – tram corridor
    • Heritage
      1. TBC
    • Community
      1. Leith Chooses
  8. Councillors’, MSPs’ and MP’s responses and updates
  9. Treasurer’s report
  10. Key diary dates ahead of next meeting
  11. AOB
  12. Date of next meeting
    Tuesday 28 January 2025 (Custom House)

*Meeting is planned for in-person attendance only. Please advise the Secretary If you wish to dial in.

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LHNCC September 2024 minutes

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, at the Custom House, on Tuesday 24 September 2024 at 6:30pm

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

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LHNCC October 2023 minutes

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held at Custom House, on Tuesday 24 October at 6:30pm

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LHNCC agenda: 28 November 2023

Date and time: 18:30 to 20:30, Tuesday 28 November 2023

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 October 24th meeting (link to PDF of draft minutes)
  4. Matters arising (and not covered below or carried forward)
  5. Residents’ issues advised to LHNCC officers prior to the meeting
  6. Police report
  7. Standing reports (from LHNCC leads):
    • Planning
      • Upskill training in planning for LHNCC
      • Primary care services in North East Edinburgh
      • Seafield
      • Local place plans
      • Invitation re Bingo Hall on Manderson Street
    • Licensing
    • Transport
      • Update on Edinburgh Tram operations
      • Membership of CCTT
      • Update on EBUG
    • Environment
      • Edinburgh green spaces
      • FoWLB update
      • The ponds at Western Harbour
    • Heritage
      • News from SHBT
    • Community
      • £eithChooses
      • North East Locality Community Planning Partnership, LIP development
      • Review of Edinburgh Community Council Scheme and Boundaries
  8. Edinburgh City Councillors’ reports
  9. Local MSP and MP reports
  10. LHNCC treasurer’s report
  11. EACC AGM
  12. AOCB, including issues raised during this meeting

Dates of future meetings

  • Tuesday 23rd January, 2024
  • Tuesday 20th February, 2024
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LHNCC August 2023 minutes

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held at Custom House, on Tuesday 22 August at 6:30pm

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

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LHNCC June 2023 minutes: ordinary meeting

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held at Custom House, on Tuesday 27 June at 6:30pm

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

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LHNCC February 2023 minutes

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, on Tuesday 28 February 2023 at 6:30pm Continue reading →

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LHNCC January 2023 minutes

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, on Tuesday 24 January 2023 at 6:30pm

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

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Petition: Western harbour

LHNCC residents may be interested in this petition. It’s about preservation of ‘four abandoned building plots aside the shore of the Forth and Western Harbour’.

According to the petition organisers:

‘In 14 years since, the land has been lying untouched and has become a wonderful example of urban rewilding – a haven for insects, bats and waterfowl including breeding swans and moorhens, goldeneye, herons and kingfisher. It’s also become a very special place for local residents, who come to watch the waterbirds and enjoy the tranquillity of the spot in an otherwise densely developed part of the city.’

However, the plots have now been ‘put up for sale for development’. The petition organisers are calling

  • ‘on Edinburgh City Council and the Scottish Government to recognise the value of this self-willed wetland habitat for nature and for people, and to help save it from development.’ 
  • ‘on the landowner, too, to consider and recognise the value of this rewilded land beyond simply being ‘plots for development’, and to enter into dialogue with the community about its future.’

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LHNCC August 2022 minutes

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council ordinary meeting, held via MS Teams, on Tuesday 23 August 2022 at 6:30pm

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