Tag Archives: Community Safety

Street design – consultation ends soon

(Adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)

This is a reminder that Edinburgh Council has added additional information to its web site about the detailed design of streets. It would like your views on this information. This consultation will run until 31st August 2014.

You can read the documents on the Council’s web site at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/streetdesign and you can e-mail comments directly to streetdesign@edinburgh.gov.uk.

You can follow progress on the consultation on Twitter at http://twitter.com/planningedin

Edinburgh Street Design I Services for Communities I City of Edinburgh Council I Waverley Court I 4 East Market Street I Edinburgh EH8 8BG I street.design@edinburgh.gov.uk I www.edinburgh.gov.uk/streetdesign

Cold Caller warning

(adapted from Granton and District CC)

Please find below a message from City of Edinburgh Council Trading Standards.

The Trading Standards Team have received complaints regarding unsolicited telephone calls. A number of Edinburgh Residents have been contacted by a business who are cold calling, mentioning Dyson vacuum cleaners and offering to service them.

We have checked with Dyson UK, who DO NOT cold call consumers to offer vacuum cleaner servicing.

Always be cautious when dealing with people who cold call offering goods or services. Don’t provide money or bank details over the telephone, and always ensure that you know exactly who you are dealing with.
Our partners @EdinburghPolice have issued a warning recently about people pretending to be from your bank. Take care!

You can register with the Telephone Preference Service here, or call 0845 070 0707. If you receive unsolicited telephone calls make it clear that you have registered with TPS.

Draft minutes of LCCC meeting 16 June

Click to download:2014_06_16 draft

Topics discussed included

  • Pre-application consultation re 34b Haddington Place
  • Community Police Officer report
  • Leith Walk repairs and improvements
  • Planning application Tennant St 13/04405/FUL
  • SESplan
  • Co-option to Leith Central CC
  • 20mph zones