LCCC February full agenda

Monday, 17 February 2025 at 7pm
at Nelson Hall, McDonald Road Library

1. Welcome, introductions, attendance, apologies

  1. to note: declarations of interest in any items on the agenda
  2. to agree: order of business below
  3. to note: musical overture to today’s meeting

2. Approval of minutes of the ordinary LCCC meeting on 20 January 2025
3. Matters arising from previous minutes (and not included on agenda below)

Item Actor Action Progress
3 row 1 A Dudley Attend meeting of accessible streets commission on 26 November complete
3 row 3 Cllr Dalgleish Obtain contact details for students who can comment on PBSA Item 5 below
3 row 7 H Tobermann Submit a formal complaint to OSCR concerning the universities’ use of charitable resources for PBSA projects in Leith. Item 5 below
3 row 9 H Tobermann Pursue issues about parking enforcement pending
3 row 10 H Toberman Pursue better reporting IT for CEC waste operatives Item 6 below
4.b LCCC Revisit youth crime and antisocial behaviour, and resourcing issues, at its next meeting pending
5.b.ii C Encombe Advise CEC of her address so she will receive election advertising materials. Item 7 below
5.b.ii C Encombe, B Ryan Advertise elections on LCCC’s social media Item 7 below
5.b.ii S Preston Take over management of LCCC’s social media Item 7 below
5.b.ii LCCC members collect leaflets from C Encombe, then distribute them in their streets. (C Encombe to keep a register of this.) Item 7 below
5.b.ii LCCC Produce 100-word article for the Spurtle Item 7 below
5.b.ii H Tobermann Advertise elections via LCCC’s mailing lists complete
5.b.ii Local cllrs Monitor numbers of candidates, then LCCC to step up advertising as appropriate Item 7
5.b.ii LCCC Step up advertising of elections//need for candidates as appropriate Item 7
5.b.iii H Tobermann Draft February and March agendas pending
5.c C Encombe Submit consultation response noting LCCC needs the library until 9pm on its meeting dates
5.c LCCC members Submit their own responses to the consultation
5.d H TobermanS Kennedy Give S Kennedy access to LCCC’s planning spreadsheetTake over maintenance of the spreadsheet pending
5.f S Kennedy Ensure LCCC is represented at the civic reception for CCs
6.a The Spurtle When LCCC’s PBSA paper is finished, publish an article reporting on the issues etc. Item 5 below
6.c A EwingH Tobermann Review 2016 guidance on PBSABegin to draft a response to the consultation pending
6.d Cllr Caldwell Check whether planning permission was obtained for the PBSA extension near Sainsbury’s Item 5 below
7.b Cllr Caldwell Share with LCCC relevant conversations with police on e-bike issues Item 4 below
8.a J Milroy Consider whether the arrangements about used syringes detailed by the NHS are sufficient
8.c Cllr Caldwell Ascertain when a consultation over Montgomery St park management rules should start Item 8 below
10 Shrubhill Walk residents Draft a letter to gas suppliers’ board members for C Encombe to sign

4. Policing Matters

  1. to note: local (ward) Police report February 2025
  2. to note: item 3 (row 7b above)

5. Planning

  1. to note: renewed objection to 24/02439/FUL (Erection of extension to student housing and associated works @ 8 Middlefield EH7 4QW)
    1. to note: profound frustration regarding application for Shrub Place/Middlefield
    2. to note: enforcementrequest regarding “train crash” at Shrub Place Walk
    3. to note: item 3 (row 6d above)
  2. to note: objection to 25/00324/PPP (Conversion of existing industrial unit to form new 15 bed Aparthotel with ancillary cafe facility, and associated alterations @ 20 Gordon Street EH6 8NA)
  3. to note: consultation on draft non-statutory guidance on Purpose-Built Student (PBSA) from “early February”
    1. to note: item 3 (3 row 3 and 3 row 7 and 6a above)
  4. to note: verbal update on consultation on draft guidance for new developments, householders and listed buildings (ends 3 April 2025)
  5. to note: any other Planning matters relevant to LCCC area

6. Transport and clean streets

  1. to note: update on “Trams to Newhaven project is not complete”
    1. to agree: to continue to pursue tram post construction matters through CCTT and nominate two reps from LCCC
  2. to note: verbal update on impact of Leith Street “Calton Square” redevelopment
    1. to note: related letter to the editor of Evening News (“Street works lack supervision”)
  3. to note: correspondence regarding ‘bin tech’ and extent of communal bins with functionality issues
  4. to note: any other Transport and clean streets matters relevant to LCCC area

7. LCCC Governance

  1. to agree: appointment of new Minute Taker
  2. Community Council (CC) Election
    1. to note: CC elections – electronic submission of nomination forms and submission deadline close at 4pm on 27 February 2025
    2. to note: item 3 (various rows)
    3. to note: post election – to appoint a planning convenor, continue to update our record of the “status of current planning applications in LCCC area” prepare detailed LCCC meeting agendas
  3. to note: need to adapt to ‘post-Bruce’ payment arrangements (incl upcoming ICO fee, email provider, domain and other web costs)
  4. to note: new LCCC social media management and future reports/updates, as well as parameters for potential more active usage
  5. to note: item 3 (various rows above)
  6. to note: any other LCCC governance issues

8. Parks & Green Spaces

  1. to note: update from Friends of Pilrig Park
  2. to note: update from Friends of Montgomery Street Park
  3. to note: item 3 (row 8c above)
  4. to note: any other Parks and green spaces matters relevant to LCCC area

9. Licensing

  1. to note: any Licensing matters relevant to LCCC area

10. Open Forum (local residents and businesses)[1]

11. AOCB (LCCC members)2

12. Future Meetings and planned meeting topics/presentations

  1. Post-election TBC: 17 March, 21 April, 19 May (AGM), 16 June

1 This agenda point allows members of the public to raise new issues of public interest and relevant to LCCC area; if possible, please indicate your intention to do so to the Chair in advance or under item 1b.

2 This agenda point allows LCCC members to raise issues not covered by the agenda.