BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21@gpcc.bigdatapatterns.co.uk DTSTART:20260617T000000Z DTEND:20260617T000000Z DTSTAMP:20261021T221953Z URL:https://gpcc.bigdatapatterns.co.uk/events/gpcc-meeting-june-2026/ SUMMARY:GPCC Meeting - June 2026 DESCRIPTION:Agenda\nAGENDA FOR ORDINARY BUSINESS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY 17 JU NE 2026\nVENUE: CAMERON HOUSE COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTRE\n34 PRESTONFIELD AVENUE\, EH16 5EU.\nIssued on 10 June 2026. This meeting will be held in p ublic.\n1 Audio or video recording of meeting.\n2 Record of membership pre sent\, apologies received\, and other attendees.\n3 Declarations of intere st.\n4 Adopt Report of Meeting of 20 May 2026: See GPCC website front page .\n5 Matters arising not covered by Agenda.\n6 External Reports: 6.1 Ward Councillor.\n7 GPCC Reports:\n7.1 Action Points arising from previous Meet ing: None\n7.2 Planning: Cameron House Nursery ①\n7.3 Licensing:\n7.4 Po lice Reports:\n7.5 Roads and Transport: Parking Restrictions\, Rankin Driv e\, TRO/24/34 ②\n7.6 Engagement Programme: Scope late-September GPCC pub lic meeting\; venue and content ⑥\n7.7 Website Development Plan: Update. \n8 Reports from Office Bearers:\n8.1 Chair:\n8.2 Treasurer: Presentation of amended and final Treasurer’s Report for 2025/26\, for approval and s ubmission to CEC Governance. Papers awaited.\n8.3 Secretary: Reid Memorial ‘Transition Group’ ③\; Strathearn Road Post Office Delivery Centre ④\; City Plan 2040 ⑤\; CP 2040 Call for Ideas - What role for GPCC? ⑦.\n9 Reports from Outside Groups:\nNewington Cemetery (ERJ):\nEACC (KR) : EACC meeting on 25 June will feature a presentation by the Cockburn Asso ciation.\n10 Other Business:\n11 Date of future meetings: Wednesday at 18. 45:\n16 Sep\, 21 Oct\, 18 Nov\, 16 Dec.\n① Cllr. Flannery queries CEC Pl anning on the lack of clarity / scope for confusion across the description s of the Planning Application\, the adjacent summary Planning Decision and the detail carried in the Decision Notice. Secretary adds separate GPCC c omment to Planning.\n② Traffic Regulation Order Sub Committee (TRO SC)\, 12 May. TRO/24/34 approved\, with double-yellow restrictions to follow. R esident pushback. FOI request tabled. GPCC and Local Councillors invited t o issue a public statement in support of rescinding the TRO. Local Council lors note the TRO is now legally in place. GPCC letter sent to Local Counc illors raising queries about some procedural aspects of the TRO SC procedu re at the 12 May meeting.\n③ An informal Reid Memorial working group is speaking to Development Trusts Association Scotland about the future of th e church following its sale. Public meeting at Reid Memorial on 18 June at 18.30. There may be a request for GPCC to offer to bank working group fun ds as a ‘short-term measure’ (this following an informal approach.) Go vernance approval would be needed.\n④ Reported (Ian Murray MP) that Stra thearn Road Post Office Delivery Centre has been purchased by Edinburgh Ar chitects\, Reiach &\; Hall Architects\, to house their practice. (The G illis Centre at Strathearn Road / Whitehouse Loan is another local site co ming to the market.)\n⑤ City Plan 2040 (CP 2040) Evidence Report tabled with Planning Committee on 3 June and Full Council on 25 June. https://dem ocracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CId=150&\;Year=0 The Eviden ce Report is a major early-stage marker in the build-out of CP 2040.\n⑥ Newington Trinity can offer a church hall facility.\n⑦ Local Development Plan ‘Call for Ideas’ Q3. See website.\nDistribution to:\nCEC Governa nce\, GPCC Members\, Ward Councillors\, Ian Murray MP\, Douglas Johnson MS P\, GPCC Website.\n\nMinutes\nPrepared: 18 June 2026.\nReport of GPCC Ordi nary Business Meeting\, Wednesday\, 17 JUNE 2026 (18.45)\nat Cameron House Community Centre\, 34 Prestonfield Avenue\, Edinburgh.\nWard Councillor C llr. Steve Burgess\nMembers Ian Chisholm (IC)\, Peter Cochrane (PC)\, Sall y Griffiths (SG)\, Andreas Grothey\, Ellen Jackson (ERJ)\, Neil Kempsell ( NK)\, Peter Jones (PJ) Ken Robertson (KR)\, Cori Schwabe (CS)\, Ian Wright (IW)\, Alison Wood (AW).\n(Alison Wood represented the Grange Association .)\nApologies Hrafn Malmquist (HM)\n1. WELCOME Chair. Audio or Video Recor ding: None.\n2. APOLOGIES Declared.\n3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None.\n4. REPORT OF PREVIOUS MEETING Report of 20 May 2026 adopted. (NK\, KR)\n5. M ATTERS ARISING NOT COVERED IN AGENDA None\n6. EXTERNAL REPORTS\n6.1 Ward C ouncillor Report\n1. Rankin Drive Parking Restrictions: Strong pushback fr om local residents via email. From enquiries\, the Traffic Regulation Orde r (TRO) is now in force and cannot be rescinded. Removal / curtailment of restrictions would require to be contested through a new TRO.\n2. Ward Cou ncillor Simita Kumar resigns to take a seat in the Scottish Parliament and a Government post. Southside / Newington by-election will be held on 3 Se ptember\, with Notice of Election published on 15 July. The election will be on a first-past-the-post basis. Local Authority elections follow in May 2027.\n3. Ward Councillors Steve Burgess\, Pauline Flannery and Tim Pogso n will cover former Cllr. Kumar’s responsibilities.\n4. City of Edinburg h Council (CEC) meets on 25 June. (Agenda here: https://democracy.edinburg h.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=150&\;MId=7607&\;Ver=4 )\nNote: Su bmission of CEC Unaudited Annual Accounts 2025-26 / Consultation of Drug C onsumption Room / Evidence Report for City Plan 2040 / Motion on Bleed Kit s Procurement.\nNote: Question from Cllr. Flannery: Management of TRO cons iderations – community objections. (Context: Rankin Drive)\nNote: Questi on from Cllr. Flannery: Scottish Govt legislation to reduce planning restr ictions for cross-pavement EV charging gullies.\n7. GPCC REPORTS\n7.1 Past Action Points: None\n7.2 Planning:\n1. Decision on Cameron House Nursery: Query raised with CEC Planning Department about the scope for confusion o ver how planning application approvals (and the terms thereof) are display ed against the wording of the initial application\, on the Planning Portal . Response awaited. (KR)\n7.3 Licensing: Nil\n7.4 Police Reports:\n1. No d ate for a Ward 10 South-East Police Forum\, led by Police Scotland at St. Leonard’s. NK to contact Community Police Sergeant Rachel Lumsden.\n2. R ising incidence of local car thefts noted.\n7.5 Roads and Transport:\n1. R ankin Drive Parking Restrictions: Now due for introduction (Sep 2026) unde r Traffic Regulation Order TRO/24/34. Heavy flow of local resident complai nts directed to Convener\, Transport &\; Environment Committee\, copied to GPCC. Wide range of objections.\nGPCC’s tabled objection (March) cen tred on the imbalanced and disproportional scale of restrictions versus lo cal street circumstances. Convener’s response is that the TRO is in plac e and cannot in itself be reversed.\n2. KR noted the TRO Sub-Committee (12 May) process of approval of TRO/24/34 itself. This raised questions about fair procedure in relation to acknowledging and giving due attention to l ocal neighbourhood objections submitted at the initial consultation. (See reference to Cllr. Flannery in 6.1.4 above.) Gaining ‘representation’ at the TRO Sub-Committee to reinforce a local consideration is very diffic ult to achieve.\n3. Pedestrian Crossing Assessment Framework: The Road Saf ety Unit at the Council advises that a request for a pedestrian crossing c an now be made using an online mapping tool: Request a Pedestrian Crossing . Here\, members of the public can indicate the location where they would like a crossing to be installed. (This includes signalled crossings.) The map will be left open all year round.\nRequests will provide the Road Saf ety Team with a list of suggested locations. Officers will collate and ass ess the requests on a quarterly basis. If the application is successful\, a crossing will be prioritised according to its score and updates will be reported on the Road Safety website on a yearly basis\, when all sites hav e been assessed and those for delivery identified.\n7.6 Engagement Program me:\n1. Engagement programme over H2: No decision on timing or scope of pu blic meeting.\n2. CS requests back-up support on Newsletter production sch edule.\n3. Online mapping facility for Southside Newington\, to capture ‘local opinion’ on ‘likes / dislikes / goods / bads’. CS and IW in vestigating access to this facility for GPCC.\n7.7 Website Development Pla n:\n1. Work by HM continues. No update. Completion expected in August.\n8 REPORTS FROM OFFICE BEARERS\n8.1 Chair (NK)\n1. Introductory remarks: GPCC profile should capture a relevant narrative for ‘local democracy’ / v isible community engagement and partnership with local groups and associat ions / a focus on defined local issues / encouragement to new members or p artners to work on specific remits / good internal structure and organisat ion.\n2. Community Grants Fund: The Community Grants Fund (CGF) is a small grants scheme provided by the Council. Grants of up to £5\,000 can be aw arded to constituted groups for local community activity. The purpose of t he fund is to support local groups to try new things and develop small-sca le activities that will benefit or add value to their community. Applicati ons close on Monday 29 June 2026. (NK chairs the Southside Newington Award Panel\, which will meet on 24 August.)\nhttps://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/comm unity-planning/community-grants-fund\n8.2 Treasurer (AG)\n1. GPCC balance £3456. FoNC balance £3340\, upon purchase of a further memorial stone ( £1280).\n2. Treasurer’s Report for 2025-26\, certified by Independent E xaminer\, tabled for Members. Approved by NK\, KR\; to be submitted to CEC Governance.\n8.3 Secretary (KR)\n1. Reid Memorial Church pending closure and sale\; public meeting on 18 June at 18.30\, at the church hall.\n2. Ci ty Plan 2040 ‘Call for Ideas’: This CEC consultation will open in earl y July\, for 12 weeks. https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/ The focus is on local land\, buildings\, space and facilities. What could be altere d / encouraged / protected / enhanced / built / taken down / added / impro ved / tidied-up? What would give the area a better look or feel? Small ide as could lead to meaningful change in the next Local Development Plan. Mak e your contribution.\n3. What scope for GPCC to lead on a ‘local history trail’ for city visitors (and local visitor accommodation providers)?\n 4. Living Streets Edinburgh AGM: short report on the GPCC website.\n5. Nor thfield Willowbrae CC has published its draft Local Place Plan. A spur for ‘Call for Ideas’ in this area. Refer to it here. https://northfieldan dwillowbrae.org.uk/\n9 REPORTS FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS\n9.1 Newington Cemetery (ERJ)\n1. Strong volunteer work on beds and planters\; council work on gr ass cutting\; new bench still to be positioned. Parking intrusions continu e. Disturbance from dogs off-the-lead.\n9.2 EACC (KR)\n1. Cockburn Associa tion leads the next EACC meeting on 25 June.\n10 OTHER BUSINESS:\n1. NK ra ised with Cllr. Burgess the status of the delayed Prestonfield Road / Prie stfield Road street landscape programme. From subsequent contact with CEC\ , Cllr. Burgess passes on that the design for Prestonfield Road is still t o be completed. It’s hoped that works will commence before end-March 202 7\; the Priestfield Road design project is on hold due to objections there to street trees.\nThe Roads and Infrastructure Team current priority in t his area is with the road re-surfacing of the A701\, along Minto Street\, Mayfield Gardens and Craigmillar Park\, this relating to the July 2027 Tou r de France event.\n2. NK profiles the Prestonfield Bowling Green Garden O pen Day on 21 June (along with the weekly gardening sessions there) and th e Bridgend Summer Party on 27 June\n3. Living Streets AGM: PJ reports on t he LS campaign for safe pavements for the mobility-impaired.\n4. Grange As sociation: May draw up and report a list of 20 worst roads / pavements in the area.\n5. May 2027 Local Authority elections\; GPCC could consider an election hustings event.\n11: FUTURE MEETINGS Wednesdays at 18.45 on 16 Se p\, 21 Oct\, 18 Nov\, 16 Dec.\nCompiled by KR\nGPCC Office Bearers:\nNeil Kempsell\, Chair\; Ellen-Raissa Jackson\, Deputy Chair\; Ken Robertson\, S ecretary\; Andreas Grothey\, Treasurer\; Cori Schwabe\, Community Engageme nt. CATEGORIES:Meeting LOCATION:Cameron House Community Centre\, 34 Prestonfield Avenue\, Edinburg h\, EH16 5EU\, Scotland\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=34 Prestonfield Avenue\, Ed inburgh\, EH16 5EU\, Scotland\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE= Cameron House Community Centre:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR