The first Exhibition is now online!
Last Tuesday, over 200 people attended the first exhibition of
Downing Group's plans for the Sick Children's hospital site. If
you didn't manage to make it, it's not too late, the plans are
available here (click
this link).
It is important that the developers receive as many of our
responses as possible. So if you didn't make it to the exhibition
or still haven't completed one of their forms, please could you
fill in the attached evaluation form and send it to consultation@holderplanning.co.uk
in the next week. All our responses will be summarised by Holder
Planning, as part of the official planning process.
Representatives of our community will meet with Downing Group,
their architects and Holder Planning later this month. At this
meeting, we will ensure that your opinions are properly
considered.
For this meeting, the Community Council will be creating a
detailed response to the exhibition, so feel free to email me with
any points you think we should include.
Douglas
Friday, 1 December 2017
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Status of the Bid by MSDT for the Sick Kids site
Just an update for agenda item 7 (sick kids) (MSCC Meeting):
Tonight I submitted two CRtB (Community Right to Buy) applications for buildings and land within the RHSC, owing to the legal complications/ technicalities that came to light during review of the initial community right to buy application in March. So, we¹re hoping that the Community Land Team will review these new documents (crtb forms plus 17 annexes) over the next few days, and once again press pause on the sale of the site. If anyone can help expedite that process, we¹d be very grateful. For now, I¹ll update Douglas as soon as we receive feedback from the government. On behalf of Marchmont and Sciennes Development Trust I¹d like to say that we really appreciate all the help and support from you and your colleagues at MSCC, in addition to the continued support from our excellent Councillors, MPs and MSPs ‹ a huge effort to ensure that community interests are represented during a very busy period for all. Really nice to see us come together on issues that can be challenging and sometimes divisive. Onwards! All very best wishes and see you soon, Tom.
Sunday, 25 June 2017
The next Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council meeting is on Wed 28th June.
All are welcome.
Here is the agenda.
Marchmont & Sciennes
All are welcome.
Here is the agenda.
Community Council
Meeting on Wed 28 June 2017 at 7:30pm
St Catherine's Argyle
Church Halls, Beaufort Road
A G E N D A
1 Sederunt and apologies
2 Draft Minutes of last meeting, 24 May
2017, and matters arising (not otherwise on Agenda)
·
Update on 19 Palmerston Rd.
3 Police Report
4 Meadows & Bruntsfield Links
·
Jawbones update (Mike Shields to provide)
5 City Councillor report on topical local issues
6 Election
of Secretary (repeat)
Items
for discussion
7 Royal
Hospital for Sick Children Redevelopment, including Community Right to Buy
Process:
Current Position
8 Astley
Ainslie Hospital Redevelopment: update
9 Planning (Applications & consultations)
9 Planning (Applications & consultations)
·
Thirlstane Lane Planning Application
·
Any others
10 Neighbourhood Partnership position
Items for information
11 Treasurer's report
12 Meetings attended
12 Meetings attended
13 AOCB
14 Date
of next meeting (and AGM): 27 September 2017
All who live or work locally are
welcome to attend.
MSCC is online at: http://marchmontandsciennes.blogspot.com
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
RED TAPE DELAY HITS SICK KIDS COMMUNITY BID
RED TAPE DELAY HITS SICK KIDS COMMUNITY BID
A community group’s bid to buy a historic Scottish hospital has been
delayed by red tape.
The Scottish Government was considering an application by residents
living next to the Sick Kids Hospital in Edinburgh to be given first refusal to
buy the site under new urban ‘community right to buy’ laws.
But the process has stalled after complex land ownership issues around
the 122-year-old hospital revealed that although the four-acre facility is
being marketed as one site, it is owned by two separate legal entities.
This means the Marchmont and Sciennes Development Trust (MSDT) has had
to drop its single application to be given first refusal on the site and will
now submit two separate bids to Scottish ministers to try and gain control of
the iconic hospital.
The two landowners at the Sick Kids are NHS Lothian and its charitable
trust, the Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation.
MSDT has today asked both the health board and foundation to release all
of the tittle deeds it holds for the land and buildings in order to get beyond
this impasse.
However, this latest development effectively means that a suspension of
the sale process - ordered while the Scottish Government considered the
original right to buy application - has now been lifted and health chiefs can
resume talks with short-listed private developers.
Affordable co-operative housing, healthcare and nursery facilities,
space for social enterprises and a multi-purpose community hall are among the
ideas for the Sick Kids already suggested by MSDT – the community body
representing local residents.
A MSDT spokesman said: “This complication is disappointing but not
unexpected given it is a complex site and it is a bid that really tests the new
legislation.
“We are now focused on definitively determining who owns which parts of
the site and submitting the two applications that could ultimately see the
community take control of the Sick Kids site when the NHS moves out.
“We have asked the health board and the foundation for help with this
task as they hold the relevant title deeds, a move which will benefit all
parties as it would speed up the process and get us all closer to a decision on
whether MSDT should get first refusal on the site."
“This site remains a dream opportunity to bring this historic hospital
under community control.”
Registered in Scotland SC558295
Sunday, 8 January 2017
Final version of Summary of Collective Views of the Community (on RHSC) published by MSCC
After considering comments on a draft 'Summary of Collective Views of the Community', and discussing the document at a meeting, on 5 Jan, with NHS Lothian, we have produced a final version .
This final version of collective community views produced by MSCC will be added to the final 'position statement', being completed by GVA in mid January for NHS Lothian (and available to developers).
The collective views will also be sent with the final NHS/GVA 'position statement' to interested developers.
If you'd like to stay informed please join our dedicated mailing list by e-mailing pagsk2017@gmail.com
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Draft Summary of Collective Views (on RHSC) published by MSCC
NHS Lothian have confirmed that the closing date
for interested developers’ offers will be 9 February 2017.
Therefore MSCC have been asked to share a set of
views from the community by mid-January.
In response to a 'position statement' (including community views expressed at a public meeting; see previous post), MSCC have produced a draft 'summary of collective views'; 6 page PDF).
MSCC will meet with NHS Lothian on Th 5 January to present this draft document and discuss next steps.
The collective MSCC views will be added to the final 'position statement', being completed by GVA in mid January for NHS Lothian (and available to developers).
The MSCC views will also be sent with the final NHS/GVA 'position statement' to interested developers.
Please comment below if there is anything you think we have missed from the draft 'summary of collective views'. Or e-mail pagsk2017@gmail.com.
If you'd like to stay informed please join our dedicated mailing list by e-mailing pagsk2017@gmail.com
[updated on 4 Jan to include screen shot of document cover and add detail on closing date from previous blog post]
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