Trinity Community Council has commented on Edinburgh’s latest Local Development Plan:
The City of Edinburgh Council’s latest Local Development Plan shows more than 17,000 new houses to be built on either side of the Trinity area. Trinity comprises about 4,000 houses currently so that is a very significant increase in nearby housing stock. There will also be two new Primary Schools, additional shopping at Granton and Leith and major industrial development at Leith docks.
Despite this, the plan contains no corresponding transport proposals. Will Trinity be the jam in the sandwich between developments at Leith and Granton? The previous plan depended on the tram to Newhaven taking the strain but the scrapping of that extension has not been replaced by any alternative.
Unless the plan recognises the need, transport will only be reviewed piecemeal as developments are built – with all that implies for impatient motorists taking shortcuts through residential areas.
There is also concern about possible impact on parking – already causing a number of problems and made worse by apparent lack of enforcement. One suggestion is to introduce Priority Parking but this would cost residents for their permit. More info at
We will push for a review of roads, transport (including bus services) and parking in north Edinburgh as part of the Plan rather than as an afterthought.
Trinity Community Council
NOTE:
Comments on Edinburgh’s Local Development Plan must be received by this Friday – 3 October
If you live, visit or work in the north of the city, you may be aware of regeneration activity underway. Here in the Forth Neighbourhood, a number of projects have started or are under development. The Forth Neighbourhood Partnership and local Community Councils feel that this is a good time to bring together as many of those involved with managing or developing local regeneration to engage with the wider Forth community.
The event has been designed to be interactive and allow people the opportunity to fully understand and influence, where possible, current regeneration activity and future proposals. Information and discussion groups will take place around:
· New homes and improved public space in Pennywell/Muirhouse and health facilities;
·Proposals for Granton Waterfront;
·Wider investment across Forth, identifying challenges and opportunities.
An overview of the Second Proposed Local Development Plan will help set the scene before we head into discussion groups around the above three key areas.
A light lunch is available. Please let us know if you require any childcare arrangements.
Use the link below to book a place. If you have already booked, there is no need to re-book – please forward to anyone you think may be interested in attending.
Scott Donkin | Partnership & Information Manager | North Neighbourhood | Services for Communities | The City of Edinburgh Council | 8 West Pilton Gardens EH4 4DP | Tel 0131 529 5001 |scott.donkin@edinburgh.gov.uk
If you live, visit or work in the north of the city, you may be aware of regeneration activity underway. Here in the Forth Neighbourhood, a number of projects have started or are under development. The Forth Neighbourhood Partnership and local Community Councils feel that this is a good time to bring together as many of those involved with managing or developing local regeneration to engage with the wider Forth community.
The event has been designed to be interactive and allow people the opportunity to fully understand and influence, where possible, current regeneration activity and future proposals. Information and discussion groups will take place around:
· New homes, improved public space and health facilities in Pennywell/Muirhouse
· Proposals for Granton Waterfront
· Wider investment across Forth, identifying challenges and opportunities.
An overview of the Second Proposed Local Development Plan will help set the scene before we head into discussion groups around the above three key areas.
A light lunch is available. Please let us know if you require any childcare arrangements.
To book a place, please use the link below. If you have already booked, there is no need to re-book.
NHS Lothian’s plans to develop the Royal Victoria Hospital site off Craigleith Road have been submitted, and members of the public can see what is being proposed at a session in Comely Bank early next month.
NHS Lothian plans to develop the site to provide a range of accommodation – both residential and non-residential – to meet the health and social care needs of older people, but also to market the remainder of the site as a ‘residential development opportunity’.
The public consultation session will be held at St Ninian’s Church, Comely Bank from midday – 8pm on Thursday 4 September.
THE owners of the Cameron House resort on the banks of Loch Lomond have unveiled plans for a multi-million pound new development in North Edinburgh.
About 120 jobs will be created when the De Vere Group opens its first venture in the capital on the site of an empty office block at Crewe Toll.
An Artists impression of how the new site will look.
It will be a major boost for the city’s tourism industry, which has seen a number of major hotel schemes either delayed or put on hold in recent years.
The £20 million De Vere development will feature a 120-room hotel, a health and leisure complex and a conference centre. Facilities will include a 20-metre swimming pool, a restaurant, bar and Starbucks cafe.
The company is asking Edinburgh City Council for permission to build 270 parking spaces at the site due to its expected popularity.
It will be one of 15 new “village urban resorts” the company is planning to add to its 63 existing sites across Britain.
The site at Crewe Toll, will replace Helix House, an office complex that dates back to 1987 but has been lying empty for several years.
Robert Cook, chief executive of De Vere Village Urban Resorts, said: “Edinburgh is a high- priority location for us and we are very excited to be bringing this concept to the city.
The building is currently empty and has been for some time. (Picture: Thomas Brown)
“The selected site is prominently located in North Edinburgh. The redundant office building on site, Helix House, has been vacant for many years and is becoming something of an eyesore.
“Our new Edinburgh village urban resort will be a positive landmark building in this prominent location.”
De Vere has already begun talks with the city council about the development, set to be next to the Edinburgh headquarters of finance firm State Street.
Local Councillor Iain Whyte said “”The De Vere Group proposal for a hotel at Crewe Toll is a welcome investment in the area that should bring local jobs and will reuse a site that is currently empty. It could make a major impact and revitalise a rather sterile corner of the ward adjacent to the roundabout.
I am conscious that there is the possibility of concerns for nearby residents as a hotel is likely to require a liquor license. I very much hope that De Vere will consult local people properly to ensure that anypotential concerns are addresed in advance.”
Ian Kettlewell, associate director of planning consultants Nathaniel Lichfield, said: “This exciting new development will regenerate an important and prominent site, removing a building that has been vacant for a number of years.
“The new village urban resort will create 120 new jobs, offering significant training opportunities and boost to the local economy, as well as further jobs during the construction phase,”
Ward Councillor Gavin Barrie said “This appears at first sight to be a welcome proposal to develop a sites here currently a vacant and decaying building stands but proper cognisance of the wishes and thoughts of the local community must besought before any decisions are made.”
Major hotel projects delayed in Edinburgh in recent years include Caltongate, near Waverley Station, one earmarked for a site next to Haymarket Station, the former Royal High School and the site of the St James Centre.
The City of Edinburgh Council’s latest Local Development Plan shows more than 17,000 new houses to be built on either side of the Trinity area. Trinity comprises about 4,000 houses currently so that is a very significant increase in nearby housing stock. There will also be two new Primary Schools, additional shopping at Granton and Leith and major industrial development at Leith docks.
