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URL:https://gpcc.bigdatapatterns.co.uk/events/gpcc-meeting-november-2025/
SUMMARY:GPCC Meeting - November 2025
DESCRIPTION:Agenda\nAGENDA FOR ORDINARY BUSINESS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY 19 NO
 VEMBER 2025 AT 18.45\nVENUE: CAMERON HOUSE COMMUNITY HUB\, 34 PRESTONFIELD
  AVENUE\, EH16 5EU.\n1 Audio or video recording of meeting.\n2 Record of m
 embership present and apologies received.\n3 Declarations of interest.\n4 
 Adopt Minutes of OBM of 15 Oct 2025: See GPCC website front page and also 
 this link: GPCC Meet 15 Oct 2025 Report\n5 Matters arising not covered by 
 Agenda.\n6 External Reports:\n6.1 Ward Councillor.\n7 GPCC Reports:\n7.1 A
 ction Points arising from previous Meeting: (KR)\n7.2 Engagement Programme
 : (CS) Newsletter preview\; new contacts\; permissions\; next steps.\n7.3 
 Planning: (IW) CEC Planning Portal registration requirement.\n7.4 Licensin
 g:\n7.5 Roads and Transport: (NK) Prestonfield Road / Priestfield Road Tre
 es Project.\n7.7 Newington Cemetery: (ERJ)\n7.8 Neighbouring Community Cou
 ncils: (SG)\n8 Reports from Office Bearers\n8.1 Chair:\nEdinburgh South Bo
 xing Academy proposal: Introduction and request for support.\nEdinburgh Vi
 sitor Levy Participatory Budgeting: What scope for GPCC? involvement?\nCEC
  City Plan 2040 Consultation: ‘What makes a good place?’ Close 23 Jan 
 26\nhttps://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/place/\nCEC City Plan 204
 0: consultation: Play Sufficiency Assessment. Closes 23 Jan 26\nhttps://co
 nsultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/be990ff7/\nCEC Community Wealth Buildin
 g Plan: What scope for GPCC participation?\nLocal Place Plans: What scope 
 for GPCC participation?\n8.2 Treasurer:\nUpdate on Administration Grant pa
 yments.\n8.3 Secretary:\nData Protection: Information Commissioner’s Off
 ice ICO) Registration.\nLiving Rent Scotland: 9 Oct invitation to sign ope
 n letter: No action taken.\nUniversity of Edinburgh: New ‘Community Plan
 ’: What scope for GPCC participation?\n9 Reports from Outside Groups\n9.
 1 EACC: Next meeting: 27 November AGM. Cllr. Stephen Jenkinson (Transport 
 &amp\; Environment Committee Convener) as guest speaker.\n10 Other Busines
 s:\n11 Date of future meetings: Wednesdays at 18.45: 2025: 17 Dec / 2026: 
 21 Jan\, 11 Feb\, 18 Mar\, 15 Apr\, 20 May\, 17 Jun.\n\nMinutes\nCompiled 
 20 November 2025\nMinutes of GPCC Ordinary Business Meeting\, Wednesday\, 
 19 NOVEMBER 2025 (18.45)\nat Cameron House Community Centre\, 34 Prestonfi
 eld Avenue\, Edinburgh.\nWard Councillor: Cllr. Steve Burgess (Cllr SB)\nM
 embers: Ken Robertson (KR)\, Andreas Grothey (AG)\, Ellen Jackson (ERJ)\, 
 Hrafn Malmquist (HM)\, Cori Schwabe (CS)\nApologies: Ian Chisholm (IC)\, P
 eter Cochrane (PC)\, Sally Griffiths (SG)\, Peter Jones (PJ)\, Neil Kempse
 ll (NK)\, Ian Wright (IW).\n1. WELCOME: Chair. Audio or Video Recording: N
 one.\n2. APOLOGIES: Declared\n3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: None\n4. MINUTE
 S OF PREVIOUS MEETING (15 Oct 2025): Report adopted (proposed by ERJ\, HM)
 \n5. MATTERS ARISING NOT COVERED IN AGENDA: None.\n6. EXTERNAL REPORTS\n6.
 1 Ward Councillor Report (Cllr SB)\n6.1.1 Saturday 1 November at Prestonfi
 eld Bowling Green. Edinburgh &amp\; Lothians Greenspace Trust (ELGT) led a
  well-attended ‘Help Plant Your Community Orchard’ event. A stage in t
 he ELGT project to deliver a designed and active local growing space\, wor
 king in conjunction with the Thriving Greenspaces Team. A ‘raised beddin
 g event’ is planned for February.\nCEC funding for this community garden
  project is expected. There may be scope for pavilion reinstatement.\n6.1.
 2 CEC will proceed with the planned Prestonfield Avenue street trees / foo
 tway project (at the school). The Priestfield Road project is on hold.\n6.
 1.3 The change in parking regulations covering Blackford Newington (change
  PPA B1 to CPZ S8) will take place in Q1 2026. Traffic Regulation Orders (
 TRO) will be tabled to formalise the new restrictions. When published\, th
 ere will be a three-week window in which to lodge comments and objections\
 , before the TROs are approved. This is not a ‘public’ window for fres
 h ‘consultation’\, so be alert for the publication date.\n6.1.4 Parkin
 g of light commercial vehicles in residential streets: This is permitted s
 ubject to compliance with the parking regulations in force\, parking bay s
 ize and a 2.5m height limit.\n6.2 Matters raised with Cllr SB:\n(ERJ) East
  Mayfield / Dalkeith Road Junction: Police Report / Road Traffic Investiga
 tion on the recent fatal accident still outstanding. Council review of thi
 s acknowledged risk spot won’t take place until April 2026. Ward Council
 lors asked to retain a focus on this issue. GPPC will raise the case for r
 emedial road safety work on the junction at that time.\n(ERJ) Notes the co
 mpletion of the removal of street bins from Dalkeith Road to neighbouring 
 communal bin hubs. Pavements now clear for pedestrians. Completes a succes
 sful (7 year) campaign for bin removal by GPCC members.\n(HM) Asked about 
 roadway closures on Arthur’s Seat\, on safety concerns following the aug
 ust fires. Historic Environment Scotland manages the park area and has a l
 ead responsibility on a decision to re-open.\n7 GPCC REPORTS\n7.1 Action P
 oints from previous Meeting: KR to inquire further of Edinburgh University
  about the future of the boarded-up lodge building at the west perimeter o
 f Pollok Hall grounds.\n7.2 Engagement: See below.\n7.3 Planning:\nGPPC su
 bmitted a request to CEC for the issue of a Building Preservation Notice i
 n respect of the Causewayside Lads Institute.\nGPCC submitted an objection
  to the Planning Application at 11 Cobden Road. (Short-term lets for city 
 visitors in a conservation area.)\nGPCC submitted a comment on the Plannin
 g Application at 67 Prestonfield Avenue. (Possible compromise of Prestonfi
 eld Neighbourhood Project client amenity.)\n7.4 Licensing: Nil.\n7.5 Roads
  and Transport: See 6.1.2.\n7.6 Environment: Nil.\n7.7 Newington Cemetery:
  (ERJ) Wm. McTaggart headstone reinstated\, with funding assistance from t
 he Old Edinburgh Club. Attention will turn to a fallen obelisk reinstateme
 nt. Scottish Water has been investigating water quality in neighbouring bu
 rns.\n7.8 Neighbouring Community Councils: Nil.\n8 REPORTS FROM OFFICE BEA
 RERS\n8.1.1 Edinburgh South Boxing Academy (ESBA): Request for GPCC Letter
  of Support in respect of proposed lease of premises. ESBA background disc
 ussed. ESBA contact with Gilmerton &amp\; District CC noted. Agreed to iss
 ue a Letter of Support for ESBA proposed acquisition of premises.\n8.1.2 G
 PCC members asked to complete the current City Plan 2040 consultation (clo
 se 23 Jan 2026). Prestonfield and Preston Street Primary Parents’ Counci
 ls invited to respond to GPCC (by 12 Dec) on the current CEC Play Sufficie
 ncy Assessment consultation.\n8.2 Treasurer\nAG reports GPCC bank balance 
 of £2692\, Newington Cemetery Group bank balance of £3736.\nAG reports C
 EC 2024/25 Administration Grant payment to GPCC (£980) is still outstandi
 ng.\nAG asked to contact CEC Governance and to resolve the problem.\n8.3 S
 ecretary\n8.3.1 KR will table further detail on data protection and on bac
 kground to Information Commissioner’s Office registration.\n8.3.2 Living
  Rent Open Letter: No action taken on ‘Open Letter’ invitation.\n8.3.3
  University of Edinburgh Community Plan: Note taken of the range of ‘fac
 ilities’ open to ‘communities’.\n7.2 GPCC Engagement Programme (CS):
  See this link for CS’ Newsletter proposals.\nhttps://docs.google.com/pr
 esentation/d/11nFx1VcF3U6YR43uxSl1nNQyFXLZMZcPG64UXuguGms/edit?usp=sharing
 \nThe Newsletter objective is to deliver GPCC name recognition and neighbo
 urhood awareness of its purpose. CS plans an initial approach to mail list
  contacts by 23 November\, inviting interest as a subscriber or contributo
 r. First issue of Newsletter planned for 1 December. Shape still under rev
 iew. Administratively and in terms of content\, the Newsletter will stand 
 separate from the GPCC site. (See GPCC October Minutes for more background
 .)\n9 REPORTS FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS\n9.1 EACC Next meeting 27 Nov: Cllr. Ste
 phen Jenkinson\, Convener\, Transport &amp\; Environment\nCommittee\, will
  address the EACC AGM.\n10 OTHER BUSINESS:\n(HM) GPCC Website and Business
  Email contracts with Wix as platform provider:\nThe business email contra
 ct falls due for renewal in Jan 2026\, the web hosting contract in Jan 202
 7. HM proposes an overall move to an open-source site hosting platform (e.
 g. WordPress) with more flexibility on business email address facilities a
 nd on website design\, and at reduced expense. He has outlined his proposa
 ls in a separate paper which will be passed to members.\n11 Date of next m
 eeting: WEDNESDAY 17 December\; 18.45 at Cameron House.\nAgenda items shou
 ld be submitted to the Secretary at least 10 days beforehand.\n2025: 17 De
 c\n2026: 21 Jan\, 11 Feb\, 18 Mar\, 15 Apr\, 20 May\, 17 Jun.\nAction Poin
 ts\n7.1 KR to query status of Pollok Halls Lodge building. (Done 20/11)\n8
 .1.1 KR is issue Letter of Support to ESBA (Done 20/11)\n8.2 AG to contact
  CEC Governance about outstanding 2024/25 Admin Grant payment.\n8.3.1 KR t
 o prepare a note on GPCC data protection.
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