What do you think: Trees in the City consultation

The Forestry Service at City of Edinburgh Council would welcome your views on their draft Trees in the City policies and action plan, which will be used to guide the management of City of Edinburgh Council's trees and woodlands. 

Comments on the draft from all interested parties are invited, by 23 Sep 2013, by

• completing the online Trees in the City survey.

• email

Marie Curie Walk Ten - Dalkeith Country Estate - 31st August 2013

further information can be found at www.mariecurie.org.uk/dalkeith or by watching this short video:

Towards a Litter-Free Scotland: Consultation on a strategy to tackle and prevent litter and flytipping

The Scottish Government has published its draft National Litter Strategy for consultation.  This focuses on action that will help prevent litter and illegal dumping.  It encourages people to take greater personal responsibility, and includes support for organisations to help solve the problem.  

The consultation sets out how the Scottish Government intend to:

 

• Help people understand why binning waste responsibly matters
• Make it easy for people to do so
• Highlight that littering and flytipping are socially unacceptable.

 

They are inviting written responses by 27 September 2013. Early responses are appreciated. 

 

A consultation event is expected to be held at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, on 30 August. If you would like to attend or receive more details when they are available please get in touch. 

 

This consultation links with a consultation on proposals to create cleaner coastlines by tackling marine litter.  You can read details of both within our news release.

Pledge your support for Edinburgh's bid for the National Performance Centre for Sport

Heriot-Watt University, in partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council, has been shortlisted in the bidding to host the National Performance Centre for Sport (NPCS) against Dundee and Stirling.  Their desire is to create a world class sporting facility that will prepare Scottish athletes for competition on the world stage. If the bid is successful, it will result in better sports facilities for Edinburgh and the local community - putting Edinburgh at the centre of sports development in Scotland.

The Scottish Government will be investing £25m in the facility and a decision on the winning bid is expected later in the summer.  Recently, Scottish sporting figures, Sir Chris Hoy, Gavin Hastings and Michael Stewart, also came out in support of the city's bid and gave their backing on the Go Edinburgh 2016 pledge page.

If you haven’t done so already, you too can pledge your support – it only takes a few seconds and could potentially make all the difference to our bid.

Have you see Yulia?

Agenda for Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council Meeting - 7:30pm on We 26 Jun

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its June meeting on 26 June 2013 at 7:30pm, in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church halls. 

This will be our final meeting of 12/13. We will then take a break until 25 Sep 2013.

A G E N D A

1  Sederunt and apologies


2  Minutes of last meeting, 22 May 2013 (draft until approved at this meeting)


3   Matters Arising from the minutes

       Attendance: Waste Management: Noticeboard: Expenditure; 


4  Police Report


5  Film: ‘Liquid Paradise,- a portrait of Warrender Baths

      (22 minutes)


6  Plans for Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Astley Ainsley Hospital


7  LDP Responses (Alastair Philp)


8  Planning matters


9  Treasurer’s Report


10  Reports from Meetings

     MABLAG  (Alison Service)

     FOMBL

     Fountainbridge Canal (Sarah Sandow)

     Police Priority setting (Sarah Sandow)

     Civic Forum  (Sarah Sandow)

11  Community Council Elections    

12 Christmas Tree Lighting 7th December

13  Review of Community Council Scheme

14  Information Matters

15 AOCB: Date of next meeting  25th September 2013

Give your views on communications about recycling in Edinburgh and perhaps win a £50 voucher?

To help develop their recycling communications, the City of Edinburgh Council are running a short online survey. This survey aims to establish awareness of recycling in Edinburgh and get residents’ feedback on their communications.

Anyone who completes the (estimated at 10 minutes) survey will also be in with the chance of winning one of three £50 high street shopping vouchers.

Reminder: Public meetings about redevelopment of Royal Edinburgh Hospital, on 5 June

As previously advertised, consultation events on the redevelopment of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, as part of the pre-application process, will be held on 6 June:

+ The Gym, Child & Adolescent Mental Health service, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, EH10 5HF, 23 Tipperlinn Road (8am-4pm; note change of venue)

+ The South West Wing, Eric Lidell Centre, 15 Morningside Road, EH10 4DP (5-8pm)

NHS Lothian staff will be available at both locations to answer your questions. Any feedback you give by 28 June will help inform the subsequent planning application.  There will be further opportunity to submit formal objections direct to the council once the planning application has been filed.

What do you think about parking in Marchmont & Sciennes?

The City of Edinburgh Council are keen to hear your views on parking in Edinburgh's Controlled Parking Zones and Priority Parking Areas.  

This is your chance to help shape future developments with parking.

Agenda for May 2013 meeting of Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council (after AGM on 22 May; around 8pm)

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its May meeting on 22 May 2013, in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church halls. 

This will follow our AGM (which will finish around 8pm)

A G E N D A

1    Sederunt, Apologies, and Introductions

2    Minutes of the last meeting held on 24th April

3    Matters arising from the minutes, not otherwise listed

4   Police report

5   Treasurer’s Report

6  Neighbourhood Partnership (Alastair Philp)

7   Planning matters:

Royal Edinburgh Hospital (Alastair Philp)

Astley Ainsley Hospital "

Planning applications pending

HMO - Anne Laird)

Planning Concordat (Alastair Philp)

8   Waste management

9   EACC Planning meeting 16.5.13  (Dorothy Ryle)

10  Local Development Plan  (Response by 14th June)

Discussion of matters relevant to the MSCC area, led by Alastair Philp

11  September Elections

12  AOCB

13  Date of next meeting: 26 Jun

Notice of Annual General Meeting of Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council: 7:30pm on We 22 May

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its Annual General meeting on 22 May 2013 at 7:30pm, in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church halls. 

The AGM will be followed (around 8pm) by our regular May meeting. 

A G E N D A (for AGM)

1  Sederunt and apologies

2  Minutes of the last meeting  23.5.2012

3  Matters arising from the minutes

4  Annual Report - chair  (Sarah Sandow)

5  Annual Report  - Secretary  (Alastair Philp)

6  Annual Report - Treasurer, (Alison Service, delivered in absentia)

7  Co-option of members

8 Demit of Office - bearers and election of Office- bearers

9  Date of next AGM

10 Ordinary meeting dates for 2013-4

11 AOCB

Update on food waste recycling

The street bins have arrived for the food waste recycling scheme in Marchmont but the home caddys have been delayed apparently...

Meadows Festival (1 and 2 June) seeks volunteer helpers

Can you help...

"The Meadows Festival on 1st/2nd June is truly a community event, planned and organised by a small team of enthusiastic volunteers. As such, they need lots of extra help over the weekend to make it happen!

You don’t need any special skills, just a willingness to muck in and enjoy yourself at the same time. Generally, volunteers do multiple things over the weekend so you’ll never get bored! If you have a particular preference they can usually work this into the rota. Some of the tasks carried out include…

• helping stall holders find their pitch on the Saturday morning
• giving out programmes and answering questions from the public
• helping to open up the tents in the morning, and close them down at night
• general stewarding
• helping with the running of the Kids Tent or Festival Stage
• setting out chairs etc for the audience
• moving things to where they are needed

They also need people on the Thursday & Friday before the Festival (and the Monday after!) to help with things like…

• setting tents up
• erecting fences, barriers etc
• putting up signs
• laying out bins
• …and 101 other things!

All equipment is provided – you will be given a Meadows Festival laminate badge to keep and a stylish hi vis jacket for the duration of your shift. They provide free refreshments for volunteers – tea, coffee, juice, biscuits etc, plus a voucher each shift, which can be exchanged for a sandwich at the Pavilion Cafe, and you can do all this whilst enjoying the fun of the Festival!

You are more than welcome to come along just for part of the weekend if you are only available then – even if it’s a couple of hours, all help is appreciated. They’re usually on site from 7am until about 8pm on the Friday/Saturday/Sunday"

Proposed Edinburgh Local Development Plan: your comments sought by 14 June

The City of Edinburgh Council has prepared a Proposed Edinburgh Local Development Plan [website].  This sets out policies and proposals to guide land use and development in our city. 

Your comments are now sought. 

This follows the consultation on this matter in late 2011.

The Proposed Edinburgh Local Development Plan [document] is accompanied by:

Proposed Action Programme March 2013

Revised Environmental Report March 2013 - Vol 1

Revised Environmental Report March 2013 - Vol 2 South East Edinburgh

Revised Environmental Report March 2013 - Vol 2 West Edinburgh

Revised Environmental Report March 2013 - Vol 2 Citywide

Education Appraisal March 2013

Equalities and Rights Impact Assessment March 2013

Habitats Regulations Appraisal March 2013

Schedule of Consultation March 2013

Transport Appraisal March 2013 Vol 1

Transport Appraisal March 2013 Vol 2 - Appendices

Paper copies of each of the documents have been sent to the MSCC secretary and are also available at Planning & Building Standards Reception at Waverley Court and at council libraries.  

Written comments are requested by 14 Jun 2013 to localdevelopmentplan@edinburgh.gov.uk. Copies of the form to use, and a guidance note on submitting comments are available.

Proposal of Application Notice: Phase 1 redevelopment at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital - find out more on 6 June

A formal public consultation meeting on this topic will be held on:

Th 6 June 8am-4pm at MacKinnon House, REH, Morningside Terrace; and
Th 6 June 5-8pm at Eric Liddell Centre, 15 Morningside Road

New edition of Edinburgh Economy Watch is available

The new edition of Edinburgh Economy Watch, compiled by the City of Edinburgh Council is now available.

The Edinburgh Economy Watch presents and analyses a range of economic indicators to describe the impact that current economic conditions are having on the capital and benchmark Edinburgh's economic performance against similar-sized UK cities.  

Your views on the new look of Economy Watch are welcomed. You can provide feedback by taking the ongoing Economy Watch Survey.

Scottish Government consulting on Planning Policy

The Scottish Government have launched a consultation on a Main Issues Report for the third National Planning Framework (NPF3) and on Draft Scottish Planning Policy (SPP). The consultation will run until 23 July 2013

A single web page links to both the National Planning Framework 3 and Scottish Planning Policy consultation documents, as well as associated assessments and ways to comment.

The engagement strategy also includes a number of "drop in" events across Scotland including one in Edinburgh at The Gyle Centre on 30 May from 9am-9pm.

Police Scotland: new website available

Following the amalgamation of the police forces in Scotland a new website has been produced.

To access information about South Edinburgh:

* click on the 'Your Community' tab at the top of the web page.  

* Select Edinburgh as the Division

* Select Edinburgh South as the Area Command.  

* Choose a ward (Meadows and Morningside or Southside and Newington)

Liquid Paradise - A portrait of Warrender Baths Edinburgh.

This short film made in 2005 is "an evocation of a long-loved Victorian pool through unique archive footage and the memories , routines and strange rituals of regular swimmers and staff at Warrender Baths , Edinburgh." 

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council part-funded the film.

Agenda for Community Council Meeting - 7:30pm on We 24 April

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will meet on: 

We 24 April at 7.30 PM 

at St Catherine's Argyle Church Halls, Beaufort Road

All are welcome

A G E N D A

1 Welcome and Introduction

Sederunt

Apologies

2  Minutes of the meeting on 27th  March

3 Matters arising from the meeting

Ladyboys of Bangkok

Royal Mail Sorting Office Strathearn Road

‘My Place’ awards

4  Police Report

5  Treasurer’s report, circulated

6  Other reports

Capital Roads Programme, circulated  - Alastair Philp

Neighbourhood Partnership Meeting 22nd April - Alastair Philp

Edinburgh Association of Community Councils - Tina Cumming

7  Minutes Secretary post.  

8  Planning and Environment

Roseneath Street  Condition of street;  Licensing regulations and No. 6.

8 Spottiswood Street,  Application for roof alterations.

Any other outstanding applications.

9  Information (circulated in advance)

Economy Watch Survey

World Heritage Newsletter

Big Lottery: Communities and Familiies Fund

It’s your Neighbourhood

Rubblish Collections

Changed Parking regulations in Whitehouse Loan

New Police Website

Cockburn Association Newsletter received

Mobile Library Service

CEC leaflets, ‘Have your say’ and ‘How to make a complaint’ leaflets available.

10 Elections and changes.

11  AOCB;   Date of next meeting.  AGM and May Meeting  22nd May.