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Traffic order: waiting restrictions, car club and disabled parking places

Edinburgh Council has released advance notice of a Traffic Order that will amend some waiting restrictions, car club parking places and disabled parking places. Overall, there seems to be very minor impact on the LCCC area.

The items within Leith Central CC’s area are

  • Abbey Street: Introduce 24 hour waiting restrictions to maintain access and the line of sight between motorist and pedestrians. (This might be just outside LCCC’s area.)
  • Albion Road/Albion Place: Introduce 24 hour waiting restrictions to maintain access and the line of sight between motorist and pedestrians.
  • Changes to disabled parking places in Waverley Place, Cambridge Gardens and Pitt Street.

Details are in bold on this Word document.

Outside LCCC’s area, the items with the most potential affect on LCCC’s area is

  • York Place: Extend loading/unloading prohibitions to allow buses to turn eastward in to York Place from Elder Street. (Drawing – PDF)

Very local Policing Plans

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Hot on the trail of the post below, here’s more information on how Police Scotland are working in Leith.

The Leith Walk Multi Member Ward Plan2013 lists local policing priorities identified by Leith citizens, and shows how these are being tackled. The priorities are:

  1. Antisocial behaviour
  2. Drugs and alcohol
  3. Housebreaking and theft
  4. Assault and violent crime

For up-to-date information on the policing team, the area covered and some contact details, visit the Police Scotland Leith Walk page.

Local Policing Plans

Police Scotland and Edinburgh Council want your help creating the 2014-2017 Local Policing Plan.

There is a drop-in session at McDonald Road Library Wednesday 3rd November, 2-4 pm. (There are other drop-in sessions. Here are the details.) Alternatively, there is an online questionnaire.

Here is the current Edinburgh local policing plan. The introduction reads

This plan sets out the local policing priorities and objectives for Edinburgh Division for 2013-2014 and is a statutory requirement of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012. It complements and builds on the Scottish Government’s overarching vision for public services, the Strategic Police Priorities set by Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Police Authorities Strategic Police Plan and the Chief Constable of Scotland’s Annual Police Plan.

The policing plan for Edinburgh represents a critical part of the delivery process for the new service, demonstrating our commitment to local policing at the same time as the service generates a national planning framework. The plan is designed so as to enable police officers and staff in the city to respond effectively to the concerns of local communities at the same time as meeting and tackling national demands. As a local authority plan it will be supported by seventeen ‘ward level’ plans, which respond directly to community needs and demands.

(Our emphasis. With thanks to Spokes for information and links.)

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill

Consultation for this Bill began on Wednesday, and closes on 24 January 2014. So there’s over 2 months to comment on it. According to the Scottish Government, the aims of this bill include

  • a new way for communities to take on public sector land and buildings
  • opportunities for communities to be more involved in shaping and delivering better outcomes locally
  • greater transparency in the management and disposal of the Common Good
  • improved powers for local authorities to recover the costs of dealing with dangerous and defective buildings
  • measures to streamline and extend the rural community right to buy
  • new duties to strengthen Community Planning, so that public sector agencies work as one to deliver better outcomes for communities
  • updated and simplified legislation on allotments
  • new powers for local authorities to create local business rate relief schemes.

SG is also inviting views on other ways to reflect local democracy principles, and considering how communities might benefit from legislation to strengthen the national and local focus on improving outcomes, currently implemented through Scotland Performs.

So there’s lots of stuff to think about – and then comment on. It’s a great opportunity to help shape legislation directly affecting communities.