Here are the draft minutes of LCCC’s March Meeting: 2014_03_17 draft
Matters discussed include
This body exists to protect and enhance the beauty of Edinburgh. Its work includes
On Monday 21 march, Marion Williams, director of the CA, spoke to Leith Central CC about how the two bodies could work together to influence the forthcoming local development plan. Both LCCC and CA wish brownfield sites to be used before any more encroachment on Edinburgh’s greenbelt occurs. To support such efforts, or to influence CA’s policies, please consider joining CA, either online or by downloading, completing and submitting this form:
Click to download: 2014_02_17 final
These minutes were adopted with no changes from the draft version published on 26 February.
The latest meeting of the Feeling Safe Community Forum, a sub group part of Leith Neighbourhood Partnership, was held on Tuesday 4th March 2014. Twelve members of the public attended this first weekday evening meeting. (Previously meetings were held on Saturday mornings.)
The Forum will no longer be selecting ‘Safer Neighbourhood Priorities’. This is because Police Scotland now set local Leith officers’ annual priorities. Instead, the forum will now select four quarterly ‘Feeling Safe neighbourhood priorities’ which will be led by Edinburgh Council’s Community Safety Team.
The next Forum meeting is due to be held in early June (exact date to be advised).
Leith Neighbourhood Partnership is now gathering information for its 2014–17 Local Community Plan. This plan’s actions and priorities should reflect Leithers’ views: people who live, work, volunteer and study here are best placed to know what Leith needs. A survey is the first step in finding out what Leith people want and is open until 31 March 2014.
Take the survey by 31 March 2014 – https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LeithCommunityPlan
The Edinburgh Council Planning Department recently organised a briefing about changes in the latest Local Development Plan (LDP) for all Leith community councils as more land is needed for housing.
The Local Development Plan is a key strategic document that sets out a vision that shapes the future of Edinburgh for the next 10 years. Having made various comments on the latest LDP which was approved in March 2013, Leith community councils thought that they could put it at the back of the bookshelf until a further one came along in the next 5 year review.
However, Edinburgh’s housing requirement is set through the Strategic Development Plan (SDP). In approving the SDP in June 2013, Scottish Ministers significantly increased the housing requirement for Edinburgh (see below) and hence there is now a need for a revised Local Development Plan (LDP) to identify sites to meet the SDP’s increased housing requirement, a total of some 7,700 homes.
Leith with its extensive brownfield sites is an obvious candidate for increased housing, especially the Waterfront where the proportions of housing, proposed open space and docks are not yet written in stone, but there are also various sites in Bonnington.
The revised LDP is due to be considered by the Planning Committee on 15 May. There will be an opportunity to comment on document during a 10 week representation period – indicative dates are 27 June to 5 September.
Here’s the presentation from that briefing: Leith CC Briefing 270214
Leith Central Community Council 