Category: City of Edinburgh Council

Public Toilets on Leith Links

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.

 

City of Edinburgh Council to consider Custom House feasibility report

The City of Edinburgh Council will consider a feasibility report on the future of Custom House at its Culture and Communities Committee meeting due to be held on Tuesday 26 April 2022.

The report being laid before Councillors in the name of Paul Lawrence, the Councils Executive Director of Places guides them towards the future of Customs House being ‘Mixed-use community and creative hub’, which would not be in keeping in with the previously expressed wishes of the Leith community.

We at Leith Links Community Council encourage our community to read the report, and to make their views known to Leith Ward Councillors as soon as possible before the meeting. The Leith Ward Councillors are;

The meeting can be viewed live, or after the event by clicking this link.

The report being considered can be viewed by clicking here.

Street Traders Licence Application – Leith Links

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.

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Leith Ward hustings – Tuesday 26 April 2022

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;

  • Scottish Green Party – BOOTH, Chas
  • Scottish Labour Party – FACCENDA, Katrina
  • Scottish Family Party: Pro-Family, Pro-Marriage, Pro-Life – ISSERI, Jacqueline Mary
  • Independent – MACKENZIE, Andy
  • Alba Party for independence – MCGLYNN, Euan
  • Scottish National Party (SNP) – MCVEY, Adam
  • Scottish Conservative and Unionist – PERCHARD, Teresa
  • Scottish Liberal Democrats – REA, Robin Thomas

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.

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Coming very soon – Leith Ward virtual hustings

City of Edinburgh Council has now published the official list of candidates who with to be elected to represent Leith Ward at the City Chambers.

Candidates standing are;

  • Scottish Green Party – BOOTH, Chas
  • Scottish Labour Party – FACCENDA, Katrina
  • Scottish Family Party: Pro-Family, Pro-Marriage, Pro-Life – ISSERI, Jacqueline Mary
  • Independent – MACKENZIE, Andy
  • Alba Party for independence – MCGLYNN, Euan
  • Scottish National Party (SNP) – MCVEY, Adam
  • Scottish Conservative and Unionist – PERCHARD, Teresa
  • Scottish Liberal Democrats – REA, Robin Thomas

We are in the process of reaching out to all candidates with an invite to take part in our virtual hustings and plan to announce full details of the hustings to our community at the weekend.

 

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