Leith Links Community Council is pleased to publish the Annual Report by its office bearers, Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Engagement Officer, giving a brief summary of the activities of the Community Council over the past year.
Please read / download Annual Report 2021-2022 here.
The AGM and next meeting of the Leith Links Community Council will be held on Monday 30 May 2022 at 6:30pm, online (Microsoft Teams).
The AGM will be held first, and the regular meeting will follow straight on afterwards
Papers for the meeting can be found here:
1. AGM Minutes, 2021 (draft until adopted)
2. Minutes April 2022 (draft until adopted)
As always, our meetings are open to interested members of the public. If you wish to attend, please email contact@leithlinkscc.org.uk and you will be sent an invitation / link for the meeting.
Hurrah! The temporary public toilet block for spring / summer on Leith Links has now been delivered and should be linked up for plumbing and power very shortly.
Public toilets are vital for everyone especially as the days get longer and warmer, and more people spend longer out of doors in the park. Public toilets also empower the community as a whole, because community events involving large numbers of people can be organised.
As last year, the toilet block will be manned by a Council attendant. We are very grateful to these guys for their work and we ask the community to treat them with respect. However, they cannot be expected to do ‘everything’, especially if it involves putting themselves at risk. If serious anti social behaviour occurs in the park while they are present they will call the police.
Cruden Homes are planning a new development of 99 flats at 124 Salamander Street & 1-3 Salamander Yards (redevelopment of the Edinburgh Carpet and Flooring Warehouse). view / download introductory leaflet here
Please view the plans, ask questions and make comments at an online consultation event on Thursday 28th April (3.30pm-7.30pm, ‘drop-in’) at www.orbitconsultations.scot/salamanderstreet/
The next meeting of the Leith Links Community Council will be held on Monday 25th April at 6:30pm, online (Microsoft Teams). We have interesting guest speakers – do come along!
Leith Connections / Low Traffic Neighbourhood – what is happening?
We will be hearing from Miles Wilkinson of Edinburgh City Council about the current state of the plans for Leith Connections / Leith Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN). Do you know how this scheme is likely to affect you?
We need a bus for Leith Links!
And we have John White of Lothian Buses also attending the meeting to discuss bus route issues, in the context of the tram, and the proposed LTN. How do you feel about the fact that we don’t have ANY buses just now on the north side of Leith Links (where many hundreds – eventually thousands – of new residents are moving in)?
This is a great chance to ask questions and also to let these people know what members of our local community think, and need / want.
Would you like to join the meeting?
As always, our meetings are open to interested members of the public. If you wish to attend, please email contact@leithlinkscc.org.uk and you will be sent an invitation / link for the meeting.
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Papers for the meeting can be found here:
1. Draft Agenda Meeting 25 April 22
2. Minutes of Meeting 28 March 2022 (draft until adopted)
The next meeting of the Leith Links Community Council will be held on Monday 25th April at 6:30pm, online (Microsoft Teams)
Papers for the meeting can be found here:
1. Draft Agenda Meeting 25 April 22
2. Minutes of Meeting 28 March 2022 (draft until adopted)
As always, our meetings are open to interested members of the public. If you wish to attend, please email contact@leithlinkscc.org.uk and you will be sent an invitation / link for the meeting.
Short Term Lets within the Leith area are regularly discussed, and now the City of Edinburgh Council is asking citizens to feed into their consultation on how their local licensing system will operate in Leith / Edinburgh.
Have your say today.
Duncan Place are hosting a litter pick of Leith Links on Friday 22 April 2022 from 10am until 12noon. 
After the litter pick you’ll get a cuppa and a chance to pot your own lavender plant.
More information is on their Facebook page which you can go to by clicking here.
If you have any questions, contact Drew at drew.bain@duncanplace.org
We have been informed this week by City of Edinburgh Council that an application has been made for a Street Traders Licence in relation to a food & drinks unit on Leith Links.
Any person can make a representation with regards to the application but they must present that to City of Edinburgh Council by 3 May 2022. Leith Links Community Council will be submitting a representation, and should you have any comments which you feel should be considered as part of that representation please let us know in the comments area below. Please avoid only writing that you support or object to the application, please tell us why you object or support etc in the comments section below.
Below is a map of the location, and the formal notice of the application being considered.
Please note that we have published all the information relating to the application that we have been provided with.
We are hosting an online hustings on Tuesday 26 April 2022 from 18:30 on Zoom.
This is an opportunity for you to ask questions of the candidates and hear their responses, which may help you to get to know them a little better and perhaps help you decide on your voting intention.
All candidates have been invited to attend, the candidates standing in this election are;
The hustings will be chaired by Jim Scanlon MBE, Chairperson of Leith Links Community Council.
We expect all participants to conduct themselves in a dignified manner being respectful to all those participating. The Chairperson has the authority, if required, to remove any persons from the meeting.
When booking a ticket please note that the Zoom link will be sent to you on Tuesday 26 April 2022 between 12noon & 5pm. Please be sure to check your inbox and your spam/junk folders.
Questions can be asked in advance by being added to the comments section below.
