This 2021 Technical Paper from Historic Environment Scotland describes retrofit measures which can be applied to improve energy efficiency in traditional buildings, working with the existing fabric and complying with building standards and the planning process.
Click on this link:
Guide to Energy Retrofit of Traditional Buildings | Hist Env Scotland(historicenvironment.scot)
GPCC have prepared a quick summary of the CEC Strategic Parking Review site in our area.
The next Communal Bin Review Update should be in November (CEC Transport Environment Committee Minutes, 15 June 2023, P26).
An update presented on 18 May by the Director of Place covered the anticipated implementation programme for Phase 4 of the project which is to include (among others) the Sciennes, Southside, St Leonard’s, Newington and Prestonfield areas. (Four public information events, from 6 to 13 July, offered indicative detailed site plans for proposed bin hub locations, as part of a ‘local engagement’ exercise.)
A number of the proposed locations require to go through the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) process*, on account of existing parking restrictions. More generally, they should also reflect the ingathered “resident’s feedback” from the ‘local engagement’ events. (This TRO process itself includes a ‘statutory consultation’, to which residents and other interested parties can make submissions. The TRO timeline should be commencing around about now. We await more detail.)
At this point, all properties that use the communal bin service or are in the proximity of the proposed bin hubs should have received mailed information on what is intended for their immediate area. We now move forward into the consultation phase.
What happens if you have a strong objection to a specific proposed bin hub location that directly affects you?There is a Review Framework to meet ‘objections and comments provided by residents and groups’, but it is tightly structured within detailed road safety requirements and it is set to guard against ‘passing the parcel’ down the road.
You can get more information on this topic from GPCC or your local Elected Councillor.
(*”TROs are a process designed to encourage transparency, accountability and to ensure that affected stakeholders can become actively engaged in a process that legally requires Councils to consider their comments”. As a community resident, you are invited to become ‘actively engaged’.)
Reference: Agenda: Transport & Environment Committee, 18 May 2023, Item 7.3
https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&MId=6431&Ver=4
Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC ) supports, develops and promotes the interests and work of voluntary and community organisations across the City.
EVOC facilitate a number of valuable forums and networks that support the voluntary sector in Edinburgh. Click the link below to see the range of forums available:
Forums & Networks
If you are interested in finding out more about their recent activity, click on one of their recent blog articles below:
Fair tax changes in Scotland could boost spending on key national priorities
Council Revenue Grants Programme for Children, Young People & Families in Edinburgh Update
New Project Supporting the Future of 41 Community Centres
TheEdinburgh Building Retrofit and Improvement Collectiveis the umbrella organisation for community groups looking at domestic energy efficiency retrofit.
The Collective supports communities right across the city, through improvement of buildings using planned maintenance, retrofit and the introduction of local heat and energy systems.
Following funding from the Edinburgh Community Climate Fund, the Collective would like to hear from Edinburgh homeowners to:
understand how residents feel about energy-efficiency retrofit at home
raise awareness of considering a community-led approach, and
find out what people think about it and what would help encourage its use.
Pleasetake this short surveyto get your views heard:
https://forms.gle/fRy6kEE2CndfzEUBA
The questionnaire is open to the end of June and respondents have the chance to win a prize!
The City of Edinburgh Council's Communal Bin Review (CBR) project aims to improve recycling and waste services for those living in flats.
The project should make it easier for residents to recycle by ensuring they have access to a full range of recycling bins: non-recyclable waste, food waste, glass, and mixed recycling.
The CBR team is planning engagement with the public prior to the statutory Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) for phase 4 which also covers our community council area.
The feedback provided by members of the public on specific locations will be considered and accommodated where possible. This will support the determination of final bin hub locations that will undergo the statutory consultation TRO process anticipated to start in Autumn 2023.
As part of the engagement process, letters with a map of the proposed bin hub are being posted to residents and should be delivered in the next few days.
Attached are the proposed bin hub locations. These proposed bin hub locations are also availableon linethrough a link in the darker shade areas in the city map.
A drop-in information event will be held on 11 July 2023 at Cameron House Community Centre, 34 Prestonfield Avenue, 2-5pm.
Residents are welcome to attend to ask questions, see details of what’s happening and find out how to comment on the new bin hub locations.
The City of Edinburgh Council will be making changes to the city's parking arrangements, in line with their phased Strategic Review of Parking, which was approved at the Transport and Environment Committee on 12 September 2022.
The attached briefing note provides an update for parking changes in the Grange Prestonfield Community Council area.
If you have any questions about the Strategic Review, check Edinburgh Council's website updates on the review -www.edinburgh.gov.uk/parkingreview.
For any questions not covered on that site, please contact them atcontrolledparkingzone@edinburgh.gov.uk.
There is a community consultation on the proposed partial redevelopment of the Scottish Widows site taking place on the afternoon of Tuesday 31st May at 15 Dalkeith Road. This is open to all. Please see the poster for more details
Neighbourhood Watch is a community led initiative to bring local people together to address crime and other community safety issues.
Neighbourhood Watch groups often liaise with the local police, the local authority and other agencies. They publish regular bulletins highlighting recent crimes and scams to be aware of.
For information on crime in our local community, and to sign up for alerts, click the link below:
We have published our Winter 2021 Newsletter.
Copies of the newsletter have been delivered to households in the Grange & Prestonfield area.
In this issue we highlight the City of Edinburgh Council's 2030 Net Zero strategy and Travelling Safely initiative.
There are also articles covering local planning matters, parking proposals and an update on Newington Cemetery.
Click the link below to download a copy.
Please let us know of any topics or issues you would like to see covered in our next issue.
