Do you need to contact a private landlord?

Contact details are available on the all-Scotland public register of private landlords.  


If the relevant flat is not covered please e-mail the City of Edinburgh Council Landlord Registration Team.  


More information on the public register and how it is managed for Edinburgh is available at the City of Edinburgh Council website.

Are you a private landlord?

As a recently received communication from City of Edinburgh Council reminds us, private landlords must be on a public register of landlords if they wish to avoid paying a penalty fee of up to £5 000. 


Registration must be renewed every three years. 


More information is available from the landlord registration pages on the City Council website.

Summer activities organised by City of Edinburgh Council

Programmes of summer activities for young people have been organised by City of Edinburgh Council.

Experimental Facebook discussion page

We are trying out the idea of a MSCC Facebook page to allow postings of local interest in a less controlled way than the official Community Council Blog.  Why not visit and let us know what you think about local issues and events!

Edinburgh Outlook Summer Edition 2010

A new edition of the City of Edinburgh Council produced Edinburgh Outlook newspaper is now available.

NHS Lothian: Health link newsletter - Summer 2010 edition

Ten paper copies of the summer 2010 edition of NHS Lothian's Health Link newspaper have arrived with the secretary with a request to circulate them to community councillors. Among other interesting features it contains articles on: a new unit for faster x-rays; the benefits of gardening, and on plans for a new birthing centre.  

New concept designs for the new Sick Kids are also now available.

If anyone wishes one of the paper copies please get in touch with the secretary.

Comments sought on revisions to planning guidance: accessibility, and building heights

Draft revisions have been made to two Edinburgh Planning Guidelines:

+ Accessibility in the Built Environment (changes to the Guideline are highlighted in yellow)
+ Building Heights and Roofscape 

Comments are invited on both of these by 6 August. If you have a comment on the Accessibility guideline contact alison.morris@edinburgh.gov.uk and if you have a comment on the Building heights one contact will.garrett@edinburgh.gov.uk.

Capital City Partnership’s electronic newsletter - Social Inclusion News - Jun 10

Issue 71 (June 2010) of the The Capital City Partnership’s electronic newsletter, Social Inclusion News is now available.

The Capital City Partnership (CCP) is a key strategic partnership within Edinburgh's Community Planning Framework, leading on the delivery of the regeneration targets of the city's Single Outcome Agreement. It brings together key statutory, voluntary, community and private sector organisations to promote change and joint working for community regeneration.

The Tenement Handbook

In conversation at the Meadows Festival last week I was reminded that MSCC members might be interested in The Tenement Handbook. Updates covering recent legislation are also available.


The MSCC secretary has a copy of the book you could look at if you were interested.


[no incentive has been given to publicise this book]

Edinburgh Canal Festival and Raft Race - 26 Jun 2010

The Edinburgh Canal Festival and Raft Race will take place at Edinburgh Quay (Lochrin Basin at the end of the Union Canal at Fountainbridge) on Sat 26 Jun. Free boat trips  and raft race heats start from 10am. Ian Rankin will perform the official opening at noon and activities will start from 12:30pm.  These are scheduled to include:

• Canoe taster sessions and a display
• Bands (Risa Kagona, Ceilidh and Pipes)
• Stalls
• Trampolines and kiddy rides
• Model boats

If you'd like to enter the race contact raftraceadmin@googlemail.com. Other enquiries about the festival please to info@re-union.org.uk. The event is supported by British waterways Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council.

Curriculum for excellent teeth - recipe book from James Gillespie's Primary

Young chefs at James Gillespie's Primary launched a recipe book today aimed at improving dental health and diet and every P6 pupil across Edinburgh and the Lothians will receive a copy. The year long project between the school, NHS Lothian and Scotmid Co-operative was hailed by City of Edinburgh Council as a perfect example of Curriculum for Excellence in action. Pupils have been involved in the production of the Scotmid funded Healthy Smiles Cookbook at every stage of its development, from the creation of recipes through to design, sponsorship, distribution and promotion. Teachers have used the project to help pupils learn across a range of subjects including art, IT, design, maths and English.

Edinburgh World Heritage Newsletter

Edinburgh World Heritage have circulated the latest edition of their newsletter. 


Details of the topics that it covers are available on their website and include:
* Vote Nelson - vote in the National Lottery Awards
* Auld Reekie comes back to life - rediscover Georgian Edinburgh
* A Garden fit for a poet - cub scouts plant a garden at the Burns Monument
* Grim reminder to be restored- grant to repair a mortsafe in Greyfriars Kirkyard

Audited accounts for 2009-2010

The audited accounts for 2009-2010 for Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council are now available.

Annual General Meeting of Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council

The AGM of the community council will take place at 7pm at St Catherine's Argyle Church in Grange Road. It will be followed immediately by the regular June meeting.

All who live or work or are active in the area are welcome.

Hearing loop available – please request in advance

AGENDA for AGM

 

1.      Minutes of the AGM of June 2010

2.      Chairperson’s Annual Report

3.      Secretary’s Annual Report

4.      Co-option of members

5.      Demit of current office bearers and election of office bearers:

a.   Chair

b.   Vice-Chair

c.    Secretary

d.   Treasurer

6.    Date of next AGM:  Wednesday 11^th May 2011

 AGENDA for regular meeting

 

1.      Minutes of the meeting of 12 May and matters arising

2.      Police Report 

3.      Sub Groups

a.   Election of Subgroup chairs:

Planning, HMOs, Parking, Events, Other

b.   Planning Group (Sarah Sandow)

                                                                i.     Delivering Capital Growth Consultation

c.    HMOs Group  (Ann Laird)

d.   Parking Group  (Susie Agnew)

e.   Events: Garden Competition (Tina Cumming)

4.    External Meetings

a.   Representation at other Committees and groups  for  2010/11 )

b.   Friends of the Meadows  Meeting (Dorothy Ryle)

5.    Any other business: 

a.   licence trader on meadows

Community Beat Police Newsletters for Tollcross, Marchmont and Meadows - May 10

Yocksan Bell, the community beat officer for Tollcross, Marchmont and Meadows has circulated his newsletter for May 2010.

Delivering Capital Growth: from green belt to wedges?

A draft strategy, Delivering Capital Growth, has been published for the continued physical renewal and growth of Edinburgh. The strategy outlines the steps the City of Edinburgh Council are taking now, and those they need to take in the future, to ensure Edinburgh remains an attractive place to live, work, study and invest.


The draft strategy is out for consultation until 25 June. The Council is seeking your views on the contents of the strategy and the action plan.


One concerning suggestion is that Edinburgh's green belt may be converted into an interrupted set of green 'wedges'. We will discuss this and other aspects of the document at the MSCC AGM next week (We 9 Jun at 19:00).

Consultation on plans to temporarily relocate S4-S6 of James Gillespie's High during rebuild

A consultation document laying out plans to relocate (decant) S4 to S6 of James Gillespie's High School, while the school is rebuilt, is now available.  


Responses are requested by 1 Jul 2010 to newschoolbuildings@edinburgh.gov.uk 


A public meeting to discuss the proposal will be held at  James Gillespie’s High School on 17 June 2010 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm.  Further details on the rebuild at available from the School Council's pages.  

Two Weeks to go: 35th Meadows Festival needs volunteers

South Edinburgh's premier community festival - The Meadows Festival - is set to go ahead on the West Meadows on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th June. The event - run by a committee of local residents - will include stalls, two music stages, a school football competition, a bicycle powered cinema, a school art competition, kids tent and, on Saturday only, animals from the Gorgie City Farm.


The Meadows Festival Association hope to make the festival this year the best ever, but that can't happen without volunteers.  People who want to help over the weekend are asked (please!) to visit Facebook, Myspace or www.meadowsfestival.org.uk and volunteer. 


The first Meadows Festival was held in 1974 and since then the Festival has been an annual feature of the calendar (except for a break in 2006-7). The Festival Committee work hard throughout the year to put on the event. In 2009 over 8,000 people attended on both days and this year the musical lineup is shaping up to be one of the best yet. There will 25 acts over 2 stages, playing everything from funk to indie-pop and rock to samba.  Headlining the main Festival Stage will be the wonderful Banana Sessions, who have built up quite a reputation for their quirky cover versions and the mental Big Fat Panda with their own brand of wild, bouncy ska.

MSCC Front Gardens and Containers Annual Awards 2010

After a decade-long hiatus, the Marchmont and Sciennes Community Council Front Gardens and Containers Annual Awards are returning this summer. 

Any garden and/or container clearly visible from the pavement will be considered. The walkabout judging will take place in July, and there is no need to enter the competition - as long as your garden or container can be seen, it will be eligible for consideration for an award. 

The categories are:

1. Front gardens (East, South, and West-facing)
2. North-facing front gardens
3. Hanging baskets and containers
4. Wildlife-friendly gardens
5. New gardens
6. Other commended gardens

There will be awards in each category, and there will also be an overall winner, who will be awarded the Smalley Cup (generously funded by our retired Postmasters, Graham and Jean Smalley).

All of the award winners will be presented with their certificates and a small prize, donated by Marchmont and Sciennes Community Council, at the Church of the German-Speaking Congregation in Chalmers Crescent on Saturday September 4th. Good luck and happy gardening!

Edinburgh City Local Plan (adopted Jan 2010)

A paper copy of the Edinburgh City Local Plan has arrived with the Community Council's Secretary. If you wish to borrow this copy please get in touch. 


This 2010 version of the plan replaces previous North West (1992), South West (1993), Central (1997), North East (1998/2004) and South East (2005) local plans


If you wish more details on anything in the plan please contact the local planning policy team at City of Edinburgh Council.

updated: Public Meeting on building a new James Gillespie's High School: 17 Jun 2010

A public meeting will be held on 17 Jun (update: 7-9pm) at James Gillespie's High School to discuss plans to relocate the school (a decant) while a new school is built.  


Further details on the rebuild at available from the School Council's pages.

AGM for Edinburgh Community Representatives Network

The AGM for the Edinburgh Community Representatives Network will take place on Fr 21 mat 2010 at the Scottish Youth Hostel Association, Haddington Place (Top of Leith Walk) at 6pm. 


The meeting is expected to last about an hour and will be followed by a wine and buffet reception.  


More details are available from alisonmiller@northedinburghtrust.co.uk.

Tree Memorial Service for John Simon and David Stay

John Simon and David Stay were both local residents who campaigned to improve the Meadows and Marchmont areas.  

Two newly planted trees are being adopted to mark their contributions and all are invited to a short ceremony (11am on Tu 22 Jun 2010) at Tumblers Hollow on Bruntsfield Links to commemorate this.  

The ceremony will be followed by a tea and coffee reception in the Bruntsfield Hotel. If you wish to attend please contact mary.shanley@edinburgh.gov.uk.

Community Beat Police Newsletters for Tollcross, Marchmont and Meadows - Apr 10

Yocksan Bell, the community beat officer for Tollcross, Marchmont and Meadows has circulated his newsletter for Apr 2010.

A G E N D A for meeting of the Community Council on We 12 May at 19:30

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

1.   Minutes of the meeting of 14 April and matters arising
2.   Police Report 
3.   Sub Group reports:
1. Planning Group (Sarah Sandow)
2. HMOs Group  (Ann Laird)
3. Parking Group  (Susie Agnew)
4. Garden Competition (Tina Cumming) 
5. Publicity
4.   External Meetings
1. Friends of the Meadows (Dorothy Ryle)
2. Neighbourhood Partnership (verbal report from Alastair Philp)
5. Cycling:  Issues and projects in Marchmont and Sciennes:  Panel discussion with  Cllr Gordon Mackenzie CEC Transport Convener), Katherine Ivory (SPOKES), Mark Sydenham (The Bike Station)
6. Any other business:  BBQs on the meadows:  Audrey Simon
7.    Date of next meeting AGM - 9 June

Items 1-4 reports available on blog in advance; item 5 will start no  later than 8pm.   http://marchmontandsciennes.blogspot.com/

All who live or work or are active in the area are welcome.

Hearing loop available – please request in advance

South Central Neighbourhood Partnership Meeting - 10 May 10 at 7pm

The South Central Neighbourhood Partnership will meet in public on Monday 10 May 2010 at 7pm (till 9pm) in the Business Centre, City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh. Matters to be discussed include: Annual Neighbourhood Survey Results; Summer Youth Programme; Sub-groups; Safer Neighbourhood Team; 20mph zones, and student-themed event.

For more information please contact:  Donald Burgess

The MSCC rep on the neighbourhood partnership is  Alastair Philp
Papers now available:

• Go to Council Papers online
• Click on "go to committee search"
• Pick "South Central Neighbourhood Partnership" as committee name and "10 May 2010" as date.
• click "search"