Tag Archives: Friends of Pilrig Park

April LCCC meeting minutes DRAFT

Click to download: 2015_04_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

  • Shrub Place pavement-blocking
  • Edinburgh Association of Community Councils
  • car crime
  • burglaries in Pilrig Street
  • Leith Museum/Customs House
  • New kerbside recycling scheme
  • Leith Walk issues
  • Pilrig Park

March LCCC meeting minutes DRAFT

Click to download: 2015_03_16 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

  • Shrub Place pavement-blocking
  • Leith Walk issues
  • car crime
  • policing of demonstrations
  • clearance in Pilrig Park
  • video-screen adverts

February LCCC meeting minutes FINAL

Click to download: 2015_02_16 final

Topics discussed included

  • St James Centre/Picardy Place, potential for trams on Leith Walk
    • their effects on Leith Walk repairs
  • A noticeboard for LCCC
  • Non-native trees being planted in Pilrig Park
  • parking in Gordon Street and Manderson Street.

Invasion of Pilrig Park?

As reported in the February 2005 minutes, several non-domestic trees were recently planted in Pilrig Park. The  potential problem is that invasive non-native species can do a lot of damage. The management problem was that due to the approaching end of the planting season, the relevant Edinburgh Council department decided to plant without consultation.

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