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URL:https://gpcc.bigdatapatterns.co.uk/events/gpcc-meeting-march-2026/
SUMMARY:GPCC Meeting - March 2026
DESCRIPTION:Agenda\nIssued on 10 March 2026\nAGENDA FOR ORDINARY BUSINESS M
 EETING ON WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2026 AT 18.45\nVENUE: CAMERON HOUSE COMMUNITY
  HUB\, 34 PRESTONFIELD AVENUE\, EH16 5EU.\n1 Audio or video recording of m
 eeting.\n2 Record of membership present\, apologies received\, and other a
 ttendees\n3 Declarations of interest.\n4 Adopt Report of Meeting of 11 Feb
 ruary 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 Ac
 tion Points arising from previous Meeting: See Appendix 1 (KR).\n7.2 Plann
 ing (IW):\n7.2.1 Cameron Toll Development: Overview of proposals. ②\nLib
 erton &amp\; District CC meeting with developer representatives on 30 Marc
 h (KR).\n7.2.2 27-29 Ratcliffe Terrace: 26/00495/CLP Planning application 
 for demolition of existing building on site. Closed for comments 3 Mar. Aw
 aiting assessment. ①\n7.2.3 Cameron Park planning application (KR):\n7.2
 .4 Chief Planning Officer: Revised Scheme of Delegation. ①\n7.3 Licensin
 g:\n7.4 Roads and Transport (NK):\n7.4.1 Priestfield Road: Daniel Johnson 
 MSP call for road repairs now. ④\n7.4.2 Rankin Drive parking restriction
 s TRO/24/34: Rebuttal by residents: GPCC submitted measured objection on 6
  March (KR). ⑤\n7.4.3 Controlled Parking Zone S8 (change from PPA B1): U
 pdate (SG).\nhttps://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/parking/strategic-parking-review
 -1/6\n7.4.4 Traffic Regulation Orders and Public Notices – guidance note
  ①\n7.5 Engagement Programme (CS): Newsletter: Support needed. Next step
 s.\n7.6 GPCC Promotional Material (NK): ③\n7.7 Website Development Plan 
 (HM):\n7.8 Neighbouring Community Councils: (SG)\n8 Reports from Office Be
 arers:\n8.1 Chair:\n8.2 Treasurer:\n8.3 Secretary: AGM date. Grange Associ
 ation Fair on 9 May. GPCC presence.\n9 Reports from Outside Groups: Newing
 ton Cemetery (ERJ)\; EACC (KR)\n10 Other Business:\n11 Date of future meet
 ings: Wednesdays at 18.45: 15 Apr\, 20 May\, 17 Jun.\nAction Points from 2
 1 Jan 2026 Meeting\n6.1.5 Identify Council monitoring point for Voi E-bike
  project build-out (Cllr PF). AWAITED\n7.9 Edinburgh University Campus Sec
 urity response (ERJ) FURTHER ENQUIRY\nAction Points from 11 February Meeti
 ng\n7.5 Group to offer ‘sample engagement questions’ to PJ.\n8.3 Group
  to offer promotional ideas for Grange Fair.\n① See GPCC site for more i
 nfo (Rolling Update).\n② Public Relations by Playfair Scotland (lead\, D
 onald Anderson) https://www.playfairscotland.co.uk/\nA consultation progra
 mme (to include community councils) is in course of preparation (by way of
  telcon with Mr Anderson on 12 March).\nDownload the current Consultation 
 Boards here: https://camerontollmasterplan.co.uk/downloads/\n③ Separate 
 attachment.\n④ Daniel Johnson MSP\; Election Promo\n⑤ https://1drv.ms/
 w/c/9538cbfc3d4cbf67/IQB132hZ7U6pQaq1wrqvOxh5ASj1o0DMTwyOM6PoM846JEI?e=aUC
 LFb\n\nMinutes\nPrepared: 19 March 2026.  \nMinutes of GPCC Ordinary Busin
 ess Meeting\, Wednesday\, 18 MARCH 2026 (18.45)\nat Cameron House Communit
 y Centre\, 34 Prestonfield Avenue\, Edinburgh.\nWard Councillor Cllr. Tim 
 Pogson\nMembers Ken Robertson (KR)\, Ian Chisholm (IC)\, Peter Cochrane (P
 C)\, Sally Griffiths (SG)\, Andreas Grothey (AG)\, Ellen Jackson (ERJ)\, P
 eter Jones (PJ)\, Neil Kempsell (NK)\, Hrafn Malmquist (HM). Audrey O’Br
 ien (GA). Guest: Ms Lindsey Nicoll (Resident)\nApologies Ian Wright (IW)\,
  Cori Schwabe (CS)\n1. WELCOME Chair. Audio or Video Recording: None.\n2. 
 APOLOGIES Declared\n3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None\n4. MINUTES OF PREVIO
 US MEETING Report of 11 February 2026 adopted. (SG\, NK))\n5. MATTERS ARIS
 ING NOT COVERED IN AGENDA None\n6. EXTERNAL REPORTS\n6.1 Ward Councillor R
 eport Edinburgh council declares its Budget for 2026/27. See key facts on 
 this link: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/councilbudget2026-27 Additional £
 1.6bn spend on new affordable homes over 10 years. Further £25m spend on 
 roads and pavements investment over 2 years. Investment in schools and pub
 lic buildings. Council Tax increase of 4%\, the lowest among Scottish Coun
 cils. No cuts in services.\nProposals for major roadway redevelopment of G
 eorge Street put on hold for a fundamental review.\nVisitor Levy proceeds 
 will begin to flow in from mid-year\; targeted spend of proceeds will foll
 ow\, across the city. Community-based organisations will have access to Co
 mmunity Grant funding in due course.\nControlled Parking Zone (CPZ) S8 (Bl
 ackford Newington)\; currently Priority Parking Area B1. Look for possible
  Zone S8 Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) at the 2 June TRO Sub-Committee.\n
 Note this: The TRO Sub-Committee Agenda will be published on 26 May. Searc
 h for the Sub-Committee by way of ‘Edinburgh Council Committee Meetings
 ’. If Zone 8 is listed and your Residents Association or Group wishes to
  make a representation to the Committee\, you have until 1 June to do so (
 6 days). Make your representation via a Ward Councillor on the Committee. 
 Search for ‘Edinburgh Traffic Regulation Orders Sub-Committee – contac
 t details’ or use this link: https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgCommit
 teeDetails.aspx?ID=645\n6.2 Guest Ms Lindsey Nicoll: On the Planning Appli
 cation Notice in respect of Cameron Toll redevelopment. Ms Nicoll expresse
 d personal concerns on the concentrated nature of the mixed development\, 
 the prospective loss of retail provision\, the removal of the enclosed mal
 l and its visitor / local resident hub amenity\, the absence of replacemen
 t ‘neighbourhood facilities’ and risks associated with any attempt to 
 divert the Braid Burn.\nMs Nicoll’s concerns are noted. The redevelopmen
 t proposals are at a very early stage\, exploratory in their intention to 
 draw out local comment and reaction. From the Planning Application Notice\
 , there is an 18-month window for a Planning Application to be lodged. GPC
 C will be following the story. GPCC members will meet shortly with develop
 er representatives to hear more. Council Planning officials see the Camero
 n Toll site as a possible 20-Minute Neighbourhood centre.\n7.GPCC REPORTS\
 n7.1 Past Action Points\nVoi Bike Hire Scheme: Report a complaint here: ht
 tps://report.voi.com/ This log is tracked by the Council.\nEdinburgh Unive
 rsity Campus Safety: Query ongoing.\nGPCC Engagement: Local ‘issues’ s
 eem centred around dilapidated road and footway conditions and Council bac
 klog on repairs.\nGrange Fair topic closed.\n7.2 Planning\n# Cameron Toll 
 Redevelopment: KR\, NK\, IW to attend a meeting with representatives of th
 e developer on 30 March.\n# 27-29 Ratcliffe Terrace: 26/00495/CLP applicat
 ion for demolition. The matter sits with the Council’s Chief Planning Of
 ficer.\n# Cameron Park Planning Application: Development Management Sub-Co
 mmittee (DMSC) date for decision awaited. As a matter of practice\, any re
 presentations (noting ‘material considerations) must be lodged with the 
 DMSC two days before the scheduled date\, by way of an Elected Member of t
 he DMSC. A ‘hearing’ may be requested in support of a representation. 
 The DMSC votes whether to grant a hearing. (Here is the link to the DMSC c
 alendar: https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CId=148&am
 p\;Year=0 )\n# Revised Scheme of Delegation: Chief Planning Officer: See G
 PCC site for more information (Rolling Update)\n7.3 Licensing Nil\n7.4 Roa
 ds and Transport\n# Priestfield Road Street Re-design: Project on hold on 
 account of resident feedback\; design elements under review\; early road r
 e-surfacing may be contingent on project resumption. (Prestonfield Road re
 -design project looks set to commence later this year.)\n(The Transport &a
 mp\; Environment Committee meeting on 2 April will publish details of the 
 Council’s Roads and Infrastructure Investment Programme. along with a re
 port on ‘Communicating Road and pavement Improvements’.)\n# Rankin Dri
 ve Parking Restrictions under TRO/24/34: Action noted.\n# CPZ S8 See 6.1 a
 bove.\n# Traffic Regulation Orders and Public Notices Guidance Note to GPC
 C website noted.\n7.5 Engagement Programme Under consideration\; proposals
  on neighbourhood / community issues welcomed. HM offered assistance on Ne
 wsletter production.\n7.6 GPCC Promotional Material Content review by NK a
 nd KR.\n7.7 Website Development HM close to completion on Wordpress draft.
 \n7.6 Neighbouring Community Councils Activity (SG)\n# Southside: Focus on
  Local Traffic Improvement Plan initiatives\; Local Place Plan engagement\
 ; footway improvements (with Living Streets)\; Scottish Widows Building re
 development timeline.\n# Morningside: Local Place Plan engagement\; Counci
 l communication of roadwork requests and timetables.\n# Liberton: Local Pl
 ace Plan engagement\; Tram Trains proposals.\n# Marchmont &amp\; Sciennes:
  Local Place Plan engagement\; Chalmers Crescent speeding.\n# Merchiston: 
 Residents’ call for Council action on traffic density issues along Ashle
 y Terrace\, Harrison Road\, Yeaman Place\, Merchiston Avenue\n8 REPORTS FR
 OM OFFICE BEARERS\n8.1 Chair (KR) Will request detail on the next South Ea
 st Police Forum event. Support requested for GPCC promotion at 9 May Grang
 e Association Fair.\n8.2 Treasurer (AG) Little change in financial positio
 n: GPCC balance £3574. FoNC balance £4626.\n8.3 Secretary (KR) GPCC AGM 
 date set for Wednesday 20 May. Office Bearers up for re-election. Submit A
 GM Agenda items to KR by close on Monday 11 May.\n9 REPORTS FROM OUTSIDE G
 ROUPS\n9.1 Newington Cemetery (ERJ) Spring Preparation working parties und
 erway. Plans for new visitor bench installation. Second memorial restorati
 on scheduled with the assistance of the Old Edinburgh Club.\n9.1 EACC (KR)
  Next meeting on 26 March will carry a presentation on the current Active 
 Travel debate\, with New Town &amp\; Broughton CC.\n10 OTHER BUSINESS Scot
  Gov to release an update on its ‘Democracy Matters’ local democracy r
 eview on 20 March. As part of its work to prepare the next Local Developme
 nt Plan\, the Council has published draft Place Profiles for each of the c
 ity Wards (demographic and socio-economic profiles plus leading characteri
 stics of place\, space and amenity).\n11: FUTURE MEETINGS Wednesdays at 18
 .45: 15 Apr\, 20 May\, 17 Jun.\nFollow-up Points\n8.1 KR to contact Police
  Scotland\, SE Division about the South East Police Forum.\nCompiled by KR
 \nGPCC Office Bearers:\nKen Robertson\, Chair and Secretary\; Ellen-Raissa
  Jackson\, Deputy Chair\; Andreas Grothey\, Treasurer\; Cori Schwabe\, Com
 munity Engagement.
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