Have your say on Victoria Park’s bowling greens

🌿 Victoria Park’s Bowling Greens Consultation Workshop! 🌳

Come and talk with us at our in-person workshop at the Pollock Pavilion, The Boys’ Brigade, located at 227 Ferry Road, EH6 4SP, on Monday 26th February from 6pm to 8pm.

This is a fantastic opportunity to delve deeper into proposals discussed at our previous event, share your valuable ideas, and actively contribute to the thriving green spaces in Victoria Park.

Agenda:

🗒Review of previous proposals

💡Brainstorming and idea-sharing session

💬Comprehensive discussion

📧Confirm your attendance by sending an email to: thrivinggreenspaces@edinburgh.gov.uk.

The City of Edinburgh Council

Activity Hub at Leith Links?

CONSULTATION TO BE LAUNCHED THIS SATURDAY

There’s an online consultation coming soon for an Activity Hub at Leith Links!

Come along to the disused bowling greens adjacent to Links Pl at Leith Links this Saturday 9th September anytime between 10am – 4pm to discuss the plans with us.

Find out more here: https://www.thrivinggreenspaces.scot/…/leith-links…

The City of Edinburgh Council

Sign up for the final consultation events for Leith parks this month

There’s still time to sign up for our final events that are looking at plans for 6 parks in Leith! 🌿

We are holding further events with updated designs – come along to have your say! 🌳

📅In-person event: Thursday 15th June, 6pm-7.30pm, Duncan Place Community Hub

💻Online event: Tuesday 20th June, 6pm-7.30pm – this will be on Microsoft Teams (link sent to attendees)

📧Booking is essential: email thrivinggreenspaces@edinburgh.gov.uk to book your place

The City of Edinburgh Council

Scottish Wildlife Trust

Greenspace Scotland

Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust

Have your say on Inch Park plans

A consultation has launched seeking the views of residents on the plan for Inch Park and what improvements people would like to see.

The City of Edinburgh Council’s Thriving Green Spaces Project is producing a vision masterplan for regenerating Inch Park, which aims to set out what could happen at the park in the future.

The proposals are now on display during an eight-week public consultation to gain feedback from the local community and park users.

Since last summer, work on a draft masterplan has been underway with a working group of interested parties involved in coming up with proposals on how Inch Park can better serve the community and capitalise on its potential and popularity. 

The group includes Council staff, representatives from the local community councils, Inch Community Association and community sports clubs who have all worked together to come up with a plan that would make improvements in the area.

Participants will be asked about the overall concept plan, the wider park improvement ideas, opportunities to make the park better for nature and wildlife and proposed new visitor facilities and new café.

They will be asked for their views on the following objectives:

  • Celebration of Inch’s history – including things such as restoration of the historic Inch House and outbuildings
  • Activities for all – such as a new all-weather 11-a side sports pitch and facilities and new visitor centre
  • Accessibility – other improvements to the park including new paths, lighting, entrances and furniture
  • Play – such as a new play area and facilities for children
  • Sustainability – creating habitats for wildlife and connecting them to other city areas and using sustainable low/zero carbon heating and power generation.

The masterplan also formed the basis of a Levelling Fund bid that the Thriving Green Spaces team have submitted to the UK Government. A result on the bid is expected this autumn and if successful it will enable the project to proceed immediately to the next stage, detailed design followed by a planning application. 

Culture and Communities Convener, Councillor Val Walker, said: “Inch Park is a popular park in the capital and has lots of potential. The proposed masterplan suggests some very exciting ideas and I very much look forward to hearing the feedback.

“Of course, masterplans give us a vision – but what will actually be possible depends on local support and on funding. Which is why we want to make sure it has everything users and visitors to the park need and we have an accurate account of what residents want to see there.

“The responses we receive will help further develop our masterplan, which funding and resource permitting will form the basis for improvements to Inch Park. I’d urge as many local residents as possible to have their say in this consultation so we can develop a truly community-based proposal.”

Master planning gives an overall broad plan for an area and is an aspiration. Whether or not it is delivered in full depends on many things, including funding and resource and checking if the ideas are feasible.

Thriving Green Spaces Project has been made possible thanks to funding from the National Heritage Lottery Fund and National Trust ‘Future Parks Accelerator’ programme.

Find out more about Inch Park Masterplan consultation and take part on the Council website. The consultation will close 28 September.