Norman Bonney on Community Councils

You may be interested to read the Norman Bonney on Community Councils Blog.  Dr Bonney has recently been elected as area representative for Edinburgh Community Councils on the Association of Scottish Community Councils.

Transition Edinburgh Pentlands Energy Fair on May 15

Transition Edinburgh Pentlands are holding an Energy Fair on May 15 , 14.00 - 16.30 in Fairmilehead Church at the Frogston Road traffic lights.

 

There will be stalls, talks, teas and fun !  Some stalls will show case community energy projects and others will be about services or products targeted at householders to help them save money on fuel, and at the same time reduce their carbon foot print.

 

 All will be welcome.  For further information contact johanna.carrie@btinternet.com

Agenda for Community Council Meeting on 12 Apr at 19:30

The next meeting of the Community Council will be held on April 12th at 7.30pm in St Catherine’s Argyle Church Community Hall, Grange Road.


All who live or work or are active in the area are welcome. Tea and Coffee available beforehand. Hearing loop also available.


1. Welcome and introductions


2. Minutes of the meeting of 10th March


3. Matters Arising


4. Police Report


5. Sub Group reports:

• Planning Group (Sarah Sandow)
• HMOs Group (Ann Laird)
• Parking Group (Susie Agnew)
• Garden Competition (Tina Cummings)
• Publicity Group

6. External Meetings

• Neighbourhood partnership meeting
• Planning meeting at City Chambers 27th March
• Environmental forums – Road/pavement improvements for 2010/11

7. Any other business

• EACC Executive meeting 

8. Date of next meeting May 12th

A local development plan for Edinburgh

The City of Edinburgh Council's Development Plan Scheme for 2010 is now available.  The Scheme sets out:

* the Council's programme for preparing the first local development plan for the area, which will in due course replace the Edinburgh City Local Plan and Rural West Edinburgh Local Plan

* an initial participation statement setting out initial thoughts on the approach to community engagement.

The Scheme has been prepared to meet the requirements of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 and is the Council's second such document. As the Council is still in the very early stages of the plan-making process for the local development plan the amount of detail in the Scheme is necessarily brief.  If you have any questions please contact Ben Wilson, Principal Planner.