Our webinar on Local Place Plans – what could they mean for pedestrians? – takes place a week today: Monday, 23 February, at 3 – 4pm.
We are delighted to host Anna Grant, Edinburgh Council and Joanna McClelland, architect.
Aimed especially at community councils but everyone – groups or individuals – very welcome!
Register here! http://bit.ly/45KgofS
Are you passionate about your local community and interested in helping us shape how it looks in the future? Local Place Plans have been introduced so you can tell us what you care about, like and don’t like about where you live as well as your community’s aspirations.
Every area is different and so your plan can address your community’s needs and concerns. The Council is required to recognise Local Place Plans when preparing the next local development Plan – City Plan 2040.
So how does this work? There is no right or wrong way to develop each plan. It will depend on the resources you have available. But it must include a map of the relevant land, and a proposal of how the land will be used. You can make it very simple, and it doesn’t need to be professionally designed. A word document and a map can be enough.
You can help shape future housing, business, or community spaces by bringing forward proposals to improve quality of life, health and well-being, and help to protect buildings and green space in line with your community values.
If you have an idea, I’d suggest you team up with your local community council or relevant trusts or charities. Children and youth groups, local schools and organisations big and small may also like to get involved with your plan.
A Local Place Plan needs to relate to a specific area, but it can be any size. It can cover a whole district, a neighbourhood, or a single plot of land. It is up to you what you cover.
It doesn’t need to be clearly defined in the beginning. It can evolve during the process.
A good Local Place Plan has information on what life is like in your area and who lives there. It could have ideas for new buildings and homes, improving how you get around, additional spaces for playing, sports or growing food, or proposals to reuse important buildings.
To prepare one you’ll also need to reach out to your community to find out what is most important to them. You should ask about the changes you’d like to make, what you’d like to protect, what they think is missing in the community and you can point out planning policies you think can be influenced in your plan.
You could do this through surveys and questionnaires, drop in events, exhibitions and by attending planned local events. Schools and youth organisations will be able to help you talk to young people too.
Our aim with City Plan 2040 and local place plans is to strengthen communities and make sure that they look after the wellbeing of their residents.
We want to build attractive places where people can afford to buy or rent their homes, walk to educational and healthcare facilities, enjoy cultural and sporting activities and easily access sustainable transport to visit other parts of Edinburgh.
You will find further information on local place plans on our website.
EACC Meeting
Thursday 26 Oct 2023: 18.50 for 19.00 on Microsoft Teams.
Item 1: Local Place Plans – The role for Community Councils
Jane Iannarelli, CEC Senior Planning Officer, and
Anna Grant, Manager of the Development Plan Team
The pace of development around the city brings the issue of ‘change in the community’ into sharp focus. Development has some sharp edges. What’s the role for Community Councils in shaping their neighbourhoods?
At last year’s November AGM, the call was for local communities to be given a stronger say on Local Development Plans and 20-Minute Neighbourhood Schemes. Still feel the same way?
Item 2: Open Floor
Here’s the 26 Oct Teams link:
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Meeting ID: 341 168 093 390
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Update:
1. The EACC AGM will be via a screen meeting on Thursday 23 November at 19.00. The Officer Bearer posts (4) and Members’ Board positions (up to 12) are open for election. There is a very real need for new participants to join the Members’ Board.
The nomination papers are with you. Please return nominations to the Secretary by Thursday 9 November but at the very latest by 18.00 on Saturday 18 November. You will be advised of the nominee names submitted thereafter.
2. Go to the EACC website Front Page to catch recent posts, including the detail of the Planning Democracy free Winter Webinar Series on Local Development Plans, National Plannning Framework 4 and Greenbelts.
3. At the end of August, Douglas Rogers of Marchmont & Sciennes CC spoke on the challenges of adapting homes in a conservation or heritage setting to high insulation standards. He wants to take his work here further and is inviting community councillors to join him. Read more in the attachment to this email.
4. Daniel Fisher, Manager of the Greyfriars Charteris Centre at the Pleasance (EH8, within Southside CC ward), has asked me to pass on some detail of the Centre’s application for Scot Gov funding to establish the Edinburgh Climate Action Hub. He is requesting your support and expressions of interest in working with Greyfriars Charteris on this project.
Again, you’ll find more detail in the attachment to this email.
Thanks.
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Ken Robertson, Secretary.
secretary@edinburghcommunitycouncils.org.uk
Edinburgh Association of Community Councils (EACC)
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Edinburgh Association of Community Councils (edinburghcommunitycouncils.org.uk)
