Category: Leith Links Community Council

Next Meeting Leith Links Community Council, Monday 30 September, 6:30pm, in person at Duncan Place

The next meeting of the Leith Links Community Council will be held on Monday 30 September 2024 at 6:30pm. The meeting will be in person, at Duncan Place.

There may be a chance to join remotely, but this is not guaranteed, at this point.

This meeting is open to the public and is a chance for local residents to make contact, catch up with local issues, and raise any local issues that concern them. It is also a good opportunity to meet elected councillors and sometimes a representative from Police Scotland. If you would lke to attend, please email contact@leithlinkscc.org.uk and you will receive confirmation that a place is available.

Agenda is here

Previous Minutes (August 2024) are here

 

Proposals to Manufacture Wind Turbines in Leith Docks

All Leithers are invited to attend, to ask questions and give their views, at an exhibition and explanation of an upcoming planning proposal affecting Leith Docks and, potentially, the surrounding areas.

Vestas Offshore Wind Blades UK Ltd. will be hosting a second public consultation event in respect of their proposals for an off-shore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility at the Port of Leith. Do drop in  – all welcome!

WHEN? Thursday 26th September 2024 any time between 3pm and 7pm

WHERE? Leith Community Centre, 12a Newkirkgate, Edinburgh, EH6 6AD

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Leith Local History Society, 17th September

Do come along to the next meeting of the Leith Local History Society, on TUESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER AT 7pm in Leith Community Education Centre, to hear this fascinating presentation:

THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE STONE OF DESTINY, PRESENTED BY DAVID MAULE

All welcome, £2 or free to members

 

 

 

Next Meeting of Leith Links Community Council is 26 August, online, 6:30pm

The next meeting of the Leith Links Community Council will be held on Monday 26th August at 6:30pm. The meeting will be online (Microsoft Teams).

As well as a short ‘ordinary’ agenda, we will have guest speakers, from Forth Ports and Holder Planning, who will present Forth Ports’ current planning applications for business developments, and for Vesta manufacturing (wind turbines) in the docks. They will also discuss in more detail the local implications of the Forth Green Freeport.

This meeting is open to the public and is a chance for local residents to tune in and catch up with local issues, also usually to ‘meet’ elected councillors and a representative from Police Scotland. If you would lke to attend, please email contact@leithlinkscc.org.uk and you will be sent a link nearer the time.

Agenda is here

Previous Minutes (June 2024) are here

 

 

More parking restrictions?

It seems that ‘Phase 2’ – the move to introduce further controlled parking zones in our area that had been paused – because the first consultation showed that local residents were against it and did not agree that there were parking problems in their streets – is now set to be relaunched.

The areas in question are the Bonnington Road and Easter Road areas and  – closest to Leith Links – the area inexplicably called ‘West Leith’ which incorporates the area between Lochend Road and Restalrig Road.

The argument is that the recently established controlled parking zones on Leith Walk and in North Leith – plus the ban on pavement parking? – have pushed parking problems into the neighbouring areas and are now causing pressure on nearby streets.

The Council is about to instigate monitoring and consultation with residents. Do keep your eyes open for this and be sure to make your views known.

Meanwhile, read more details here:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/edinburgh-parking-areas-where-controlled-parking-zone-plans-paused-now-moving-forward-again/ar-AA1owUw4

 

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More big developments in the docks – have your say 6th August, Ocean Terminal

There is another new application going in to Planning, to develop land within Leith docks. This proposal is to build a manufacuring facility for offshore wind turbine blades, a laydown area, and all associated and ancillary development on land to the east of of Imperial Dock.

Click here to download flier

Further details here

The developers are obliged to consult with the local community, and are holding a drop-in public event on Tuesday 6th August between 3pm and 7pm, at the Ocean Terminal (ground floor, beside Costa Coffee).

Do please go along to find out what is planned, and make your views known!

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Big new developments in the Docks – find out more, Tuesday 30 July 2024

There is an application going in to Planning, to develop the land east of Edinburgh Dock (otherwise sometimes known as ‘the Dry Dock), at Bath Road, Port of Leith.

Developers plan to build a “Business, General Industrial, Storage and Distribution , Training/Education facililty, with ancillary retail, food and drink including bar” and associated development including parking.”

This seems a very wide brief, potentially covering almost every possible option (except student flats, and homes), and it’s not clear from that description really what scale of development is envisaged, so you might want to go along to ask questions directly, and to find out more.

Further details of the proposal can be found at www.harbour31.com
This shows that the full Harbour 31 plan is VERY extensive!

The proposed development “forms part of Forth Ports’ plans to contribute towards the ongoing regeneration of Edinburgh’s waterfront.” It is alleged that it will “support both creative and green jobs, as the Port of Leith transitions to become Scotland’s premier renewables hub.”

The developers are obliged to consult with the local community, and are holding a public event on Tuesday 30th July, between 3pm and 7pm, at the Ocean Termina (ground floor, beside Costa Coffee

Click here to view more details on this

Do please go along to find out what is planned, and make your views known!

AGM and next Meeting, Leith Links Community Council, tonight 24 June 6:30, Duncan Place

The next meeting of the Leith Links Community Council will be held tonight, Monday 24 June at 6:30pm in-person at Duncan Place centre (4 Duncan Place).

This will be the AGM, followed by a short ‘ordinary’ meeting.

Minutes of 2023 AGM (draft until adopted), and 2024 AGM Agenda are here.
The Annual Report 2024 from Chair, Secretary & Treasurer is also available, here.

The Minutes of the recent May 2024 meeting, are here, and the Agenda for the 24 June 2024 ‘ordinary’ meeting, is here.

There is an online link for those attending remotely but Teams has changed its terms yet again and we do not have funds for a paid version, so we cannot be certain that this will  be working,unfortunately.
Leith Links Community Council AGM and June Meeting

General Election Hustings – your candidates, your vote

The General Election, to elect MPs to Westminster, will take place on July 4 2024.

Voting

Are you sure you are registered to vote at your current address? (You MUST register by midnight on 18th June.) Do you know that you now need to produce photo ID, in order to vote? Do you need a postal vote, if you may be away from home on the election date? Check out this page of vital info and links to make sure you are election-ready! https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote

What constituency am I in?

If you are not sure, you can find out by putting your postcode in, on this website: https://members.parliament.uk/constituencies

Hustings

A hustings is “a meeting where election candidates or parties debate policies and answer questions from the audience.” It provides voters with an opportunity to hear the views of candidates or parties. Hustings are generally open to anyone who wishes to attend. Some like to have questions written in advance, others allow questions from the floor, many have both.

Edinburgh North and Leith

If you are in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency, you can go to hear what your candidates have to say on Monday 24rth June, at Broughton St Mary’s Church, 12 Bellevue Cres, Edinburgh EH3 6NE, 7:30 – 9:30pm

Organised by the Broughton Spurtle. Read more and send advance questions to: https://broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/general-election-send-us-your-questions

 

 

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

If you are at the eastern end of the Leith Links area, you may be ‘over the border’ and in the Edinburgh East and Musselburgh constituency. If so, we have so far heard about two possible hustings:

25th June  – 2pm at Southside Community Centre,  117 Nicolson Street,EH8 9ER

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And another one on Monday 24 June, 7:30pm

Portobello Community Council and Northfield & Willowbrae Community Council are pleased to run a hustings for this year’s General Election.

The hustings will take place on Monday 24th June at 7.30pm at Portobello Town Hall. Please submit advance questions to secretary@portobellocc.org before Midnight 22nd June. There will also be opportunity to ask questions on the night.

The candidates for 2024 (in alphabetical surname order) are:

Charles DUNDAS (Liberal Democrats)

Jane MacKenzie GOULD (Independent)

Amanda GRIMM (Scottish Green Party)

Marie-Clair MUNRO (Conservative and Unionist Party)

Chris MURRAY (Scottish Labour Party)

Tommy SHEPPARD (Scottish National Party)

Derek WINTON (Reform UK)

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More hustings may be announced, in due course. There are some ‘special interest’ hustings as well as constituency based ones. See for example:

Surfers Against Sewage 18th June
https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/election-hub/election-road-trip/

Human Rights Hustings (Health & Social Care Alliance) online
https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/events/general-election-2024-human-rights-hustings/

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