Conservation Area character appraisals

(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)

Edinburgh Council is currently reviewing its character appraisals for Edinburgh’s conservation areas.

Character appraisals guide the local planning authority in making planning decisions and, where opportunities arise, in preparing enhancement proposals.

The current character appraisal for Leith can be viewed here:

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/1099/leith_conservation_area_character_appraisalpdf

The intention is to make the appraisals more interactive and the first of these has been completed for the Grange Conservation Area:

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory_record/377091/grange_conservation_area

A draft revised character appraisal is programmed for presentation to the Planning Committee in February 2015. Following this there will be a comprehensive consultation on the appraisal.

At this stage, we would be pleased to know if there are any issues you would like to see included in the draft appraisal.

Please contact me if you would like to discuss this or arrange a meeting.

Jack Gillon, Principal Practitioner, Built & Natural Heritage, Services for Communities, The City of Edinburgh Council, Waverley Court, Level G3, 4 East Market Street Edinburgh, EH8 8BG. Tel 0131 469 3634. jack.gillon@edinburgh.gov.uk www.edinburgh.gov.uk

 

Licensing meeting: 15th October

Edinburgh Licensing Forum has an public meeting on drinks and other licensing in Edinburgh on Wednesday 15 October at 10am, in the European Room in the City Chambers. Here’s the agenda.

A joint meeting of the Licensing Forum and Licensing Board follows on at 1pm. That meeting is also open to the public.

Local Development Plan – LCCC’s submissions

Leith Central CC today made 8 submissions to the consultation on the second local development plan. These submissions look for

  • protection and increase of green space and visual amenity in the Leith area,
  • management of parking to maintain and improve air quality,
  • building district heating infrastructure into new housing developments to support low-carbon targets,
  • linking of cycle-paths via a ‘green bridge’ over Leith Walk and other measures
  • new roads to be limited to 20mph

Here are the actual submissions