October LCCC meeting minutes DRAFT

Click to download: 2014_10_20 draft

Please note that these are draft minutes and so may change when considered at the next meeting. If there are any queries, please contact LCCC – see our contacts page.

Topics discussed included

  • drug abuse in Pilrig Park
  • bright signs in Leith Walk conservation area
  • Port of Leith development framework
  • Leith walk repairs and improvements
  • how LCCC approaches its planning duties
  • Edinburgh Council’s budget issues
  • Proposed price-rises for Edinburgh allotments

City of Edinburgh Council Budget

Granton & District Community Council

Have a look at the financial challenges that the city faces.  Have a go at the attached and see the consequences.  Whilst this is not real – the decisions faced by the city are real and will affect and impact on you and your family.  Get involved.  Contact us and let us know what you think.

https://edinburgh.budgetsimulator.com/budget

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Refreshed Planning and Building Standards Service

(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)

The Acting Head of Planning and Building Standards is pleased to announce a refreshed Planning and Building Standards Service will be introduced on 27 October 2014.  Following a review of how the service has been delivered, an area-based focus has now been developed for dealing with planning and building standard applications.  There will also be a city wide function for areas such as the development plan, built and natural environment, place making and service delivery.

More information about what the teams do, the areas they cover and contact details for each area are available in Edinburgh Council’s planning blog, www.planningedinburgh.com. Edinburgh Council will be sharing this with its stakeholders and circulating a leaflet round Council offices and libraries in the coming week.  You can also sign up to the blog for email alerts.

 (sent by)

Jo-Anne Jamieson | Planning Technician | Planning and Building Standards | Services for Communities | CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL | Waverley Court, G2, 4 East Market Street, EH8 8BG | Tel 0131 529 3147 | jo-anne.jamieson@edinburgh.gov.uk  | http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/developmentconsents

September LCCC meeting minutes FINAL

Click to download: 2014_09_22 final

Topics discussed included

  • LCCC’s website
  • alcohol and drugs issues
  • Cala Home’s plans for sorting office site on Brunswick Road
  • Leith Walk repairs and improvements
  • Pilrig Park
  • Edinburgh Local development plan

Leith harbour: potential transformation

STV has published Scottish Enterprise’s wishlist for Leith Harbour. This includes a new berth for large ships, demolishing of listed buildings such as the Imperial grain Silo and dredging the Firth of Forth. But just now there is no funding for this proposed set of developments.

There’s further detail in the Redacted Port of Leith Development Framework.

Please read and comment!