BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22@gpcc.bigdatapatterns.co.uk DTSTART:20260916T000000Z DTEND:20260916T000000Z DTSTAMP:20261021T221953Z URL:https://gpcc.bigdatapatterns.co.uk/events/gpcc-meeting-september-2026/ SUMMARY:GPCC Meeting - September 2026 DESCRIPTION:Agenda\nAGENDA FOR ORDINARY BUSINESS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY 16 SE PTEMBER 2026 AT 18.45.\nVENUE: CAMERON HOUSE COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTRE\n3 4 PRESTONFIELD AVENUE\, EH16 5EU.\nIssued on 7 September 2026. This meetin g will be held in public.\n1. Audio or video recording of meeting.\n2. Rec ord of membership present\, apologies received\, and other attendees.\n3. Declarations of interest.\n4. Adopt the Report of Meeting of 17 June 2026: See GPCC website front page.\n5. Matters arising not covered by the Agend a.\n6. External Reports: 6.1 Ward Councillor\n7. GPCC Reports:\n7.1 Action Points arising from previous Meeting: None\n7.2 Planning: (1)\, (4)\, (11 )\n7.3 Licensing:\n7.4 Police Reports: see Website / Rolling Update 13 Aug ust\, for Police Scotland advice on doorstep ‘cold callers’.\n7.5 Road s and Transport: (2)\, (3)\, (6)\n7.6 Engagement Programme: Newsletter Edi tor\; update from CS\, ERJ.\n7.7 Website Development Plan: Direction\, opt ions and stages. Assessment from HM.\n7.8 Local Authority Elections May 20 27: Hustings Proposal from IC.\nElections 2027 IC Hustings Proposal\n8 Rep orts from Office Bearers:\n8.1 Chair: (5)\, (8)\, (9)\n8.2 Treasurer:\n8.3 Secretary: (7)\, (10)\n9 Reports from Outside Groups:\n9.1 Newington Ceme tery:\n9.2 EACC: EACC website closed.\n10 Other Business:\n11 Date of futu re meetings: Wednesday at 18.45: 21 Oct\, 18 Nov\, 16 Dec.\n(1) 6&\;8 C raigmillar Park. Completed construction of twin garage structure\, upon CE C Planning Department indication\, made in error at the outset\, that the proposed development (23/03494/FUL) did not require planning permission. P lanning Department admits failure (11 August) of due process. Planning Dep artment to ask now for retrospective application to be submitted\, with ne ighbourhood notification.\n(2) Traffic Regulation Order Sub Committee (TRO SC)\, 12 May. TRO/24/34 approved\, with double-yellow restrictions to fol low. Resident pushback over June / July\, with FOI request tabled. Local C ouncillors note the TRO is now legally in place. GPCC approaches Local Cou ncillors (August) raising queries about some procedural aspects of the TRO SC decision at the 12 May meeting.\n(3) GPCC has requested* a deputation at the 10 Sep meeting of the Transport &\; Environment Committee\, to d iscuss how recognition of Community Council contact with Traffic Regulatio n Orders Sub-Committee can be strengthened. (* copied to Cllr. Mandy Watt\ , new Convener of the TRO SC.)\n(4) Cameron House Avenue (CHA). GPCC submi ts a statement of opposition to CEC Estates Dept. advisory on a proposed p urchase of land within a public amenity area adjacent to Cameron House Nur sery (this building the subject of 25/03494/FUL\, determined as granted on 1 June 2026). Copy received of CHA Residents #19-29 submission to CEC Est ates.\n(5) Contact made with Lorna Slater MSP\, following her approach\, t o invite her to discuss her Parliamentary Member’s Bill on enhanced prot ection of Holyrood Park at the 21 October GPCC meeting.\n(6) Liberton & \; District CC contacts (26 Aug) CEC’s Cliff Hutt* (and colleagues) to r equest urgent inspection and remedial action on worn-out carriageway marki ngs along the A701 arterial corridor from Howden Hall Road\, through Liber ton Brae\, Liberton Road\, Craigmillar Park to Minto Street. Immediate CEC response cites severe funding pressures in city-wide road repair operatio ns\, but points to A701 route sections to be covered in the 2026/27 capita l re-surfacing programme.\n(7) Proposal to appoint a GPCC Data Protection Manager\, from within the membership\, to review current procedures on rec ord and personal data management.\n(8) CEC Common Good Consultation\, Roya l Observatory (RO) Car Park\, Blackford Hill: UK Research &\; Innovatio n (UKRI) plans to upgrade the RO car park point to UKRI taking a lease of an area of land\, held by the Council as part of the common good land esta te. A public consultation is now live where members of the public and comm unity bodies are invited to give their view on the proposal. View the cons ultation here\, up to the 28 October close: https://consultationhub.edinbu rgh.gov.uk/cg/royal-observatory/\n(9) Transport &\; Environment Committ ee 10 Sep: Agenda items: Strategic Business Case for Trams\, Granton to Bi oquarter\; Review of Traffic Regulation Orders Sub-Committee. https://demo cracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&\;MId=8122&\;Ver =4\nHow should GPCC measure the community pulse on the overall project?\n( 10) Traffic Regulation Orders Sub-Committee 11 Sep: Agenda Items: Controll ed Parking Zone S8 detail.\n(11) Planning Application 26/03390/FUL\; erect ion of two houses on vacant plot accessed from Cobden Road.\nThis Agenda d istributed to:\nCEC Governance\, GPCC Members\, Ward Councillors\, Ian Mur ray MP\, Douglas Johnson MSP\, GPCC Website.\nBrowse City of Edinburgh Cou ncil Committee Meetings here:\nhttps://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieDocHom e.aspx?Categories=\nSupplementary Note:\nCEC Place Directorate July 2026: Distributed to Group on 21 July: Extracts:\nPlace Senior Leadership\nGavin Brown\, Service Director\, Transport &\; Mobility\nOperational Service s Senior Leadership\nCarlyn Fraser\, Interim Head of Service\, Network Man agement &\; Enforcement\, incl. Parking &\; Traffic Regs\, Road Safe ty &\; Local Traffic\nCliff Hutt\, Head of Service\, Roads &\; Infra structure\, incl. Asset and Performance\nDeborah Paton\, Head of Service\, Transport\, Strategy &\; Partnerships\nGavin Graham\, Service Manager\ , Parking &\; Traffic Regulations\nMark Love\, Senior Officer\, Intelli gent Traffic Signals\nVacant\, Operations Manager\, Citywide Road Coordina tion\, Road Safety &\; Local Traffic\, Port Facilities\nDarren Wright\, Operations Manager\, Road Operations incl. Revenue Maintenance of adopted roads and footpaths\nSean Gilchrist\, Service Manager\, Asset &\; Perf ormance incl. inspection of roads and footpath reported defects.\nAlan Sim pson\, Service Manager\, Street Lighting &\; Traffic Signs\nReport a pr oblem with road or pavement here:\nhttps://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/report-pro blem-road\n\nMinutes\nPrepared: 17 September 2026. \nDRAFT Report on the GPCC Ordinary Business Meeting\, Wednesday\, 16 SEPTEMBER 2026 (18.45) at Cameron House Community Education Centre\, 34 Prestonfield Avenue\, Edinbu rgh.\nIN ATTENDANCE\nWard Councillor: -\nMembers: Ian Chisholm (IC)\, Sall y Griffiths (SG)\, Ellen Jackson (ERJ)\, Neil Kempsell (NK)\, Hrafn Malmqu ist (HM)\, Ken Robertson (KR)\, Cori Schwabe (CS)\, Ian Wright (IW) + Harr y Ness from the Office of Ian Murray MP\nPublic: George Baird\, Claire Kir kby\, Scott Simpson\, Jo Thor\nApologies: Cllr. Pauline Flannery\, Peter C ochrane (PC)\, Andreas Grothey (AG)\, Peter Jones (PJ)\n1. WELCOME Chair. Audio or Video Recording: None.\n2. APOLOGIES Declared.\n3. DECLARATIONS O F INTEREST None.\n4. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Report of 17 June 2026 ad opted. (IC\, IW)\n5. MATTERS ARISING NOT COVERED IN AGENDA None\n6. EXTERN AL REPORTS\n6.1 Ward Councillor Report: Nil\n7. GPCC REPORTS\n7.1 Past Act ion Points: None\n7.2 Planning: See Agenda Notes (e.g. ①)\n1. Craigmilla r Park ①: Retrospective Planning Application to be submitted.\n2. Camero n House Avenue ④: No further news.\n3. 11 Cobden Road\; vacant back land plot ⑪: Planning Application 26/03390/FUL: 25 Sep close: Objections voi ced and noted. No action at this time.\n7.3 Licensing: Nil\n7.4 Police Rep orts:\n1. KR to follow-up 1 Sep query to Community Police Sergeant Rachel Lumsden on status of South East Police Forum and of community police repor ts.\n7.5 Roads and Transport: See Agenda Notes\n1. Rankin Drive Parking Re strictions ②: Now due for implementation (from Sep 2026) under Traffic R egulation Order TRO/24/34 which was approved at CEC Committee on 12 May.\n 2. GPCC deputation to 10 Sep Transport &\; Environment Committee ③: G PCC requested an improvement to Traffic Regulation Orders Sub-Committee (T RO SC) procedure whereby any community council response to a TRO consultat ion is specifically identified as apart from the general public response\, and placed on-the-record for discussion.\n3. Carriageway Resurfacing Work : Minto Street\, Mayfield Gardens\, Craigmillar Park ⑥: CEC works notifi cation letter will be distributed to residents and businesses. Phase 1 str uctural works over Oct and Nov. Phase 2 resurfacing works commence in Jan 2027.\nThere will be temporary signage\, traffic disruption and spillover impact into side streets. GPCC to ask for further information from CEC Ope rational Services (Roads and Infrastructure) on safeguarding arrangements once the works notification letter has been published.\nACTION NK\, SG\n4. Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) S8 ⑩: The proposal is to replace the exis ting B1 Priority Parking Area (PPA) across Southside Newington with a CPZ: The proposal (TRO/24/12) was submitted to TRO SC on 11 Sep. (Agenda Item 4.4 TRO/24/12.\nI am informed (17 Sep) that Item 4.4 was one of three Repo rts deferred for consideration until the next TRO SC on 5 Nov. This was be cause of drafting errors in the Report recommendations which came to late notice.\nThe legal process to introduce a CPZ in place of the existing B1 PPA will be finalised after whatever approval is given. All objectors to t he TRO will be contacted by the Council. After 12 months of implementation \, the Council will engage with Ward Councillors to discuss the results of monitoring surveys and issues of parking migration or displacement which are in evidence.\nIt is a matter of Council policy that private car use in the inner city be reduced. The discussion this evening with members of th e public in attendance reflected the disparate impacts of that policy appl ication and the varied consequences.\nThese include the spread of commuter parking to the Priestfield and Prestonfield areas\, outwith the new CPZ\, and the loss of parking on Dalkeith Road if a bus lane is introduced. Res ident concerns tabled with GPCC will be conveyed to Ward Councillors.\nACT ION NK SG\n5. Weed Control: The change in Council policy with regard to th e application of glyphosate weed treatment is recognised. Notwithstanding the Council’s commitment to focused manual control of weed spread\, it i s clear that this is an uphill struggle\, that weed-strewn residential str eets in many areas are an eyesore and that residents are left with the pro blem. GPCC will make the point to Ward Councillors that what is an impasse is creating a city embarrassment.\n7.6 Engagement Programme:\n1. The Octo ber Newsletter will be the last edited by CS. GPCC thanks her for her init iative on this venture and her commitment. The role will be assumed by ERJ \, with support from HM.\n2. A full ‘transfer pack’ has been prepared. \n3. IW will look at the scope to introduce to the Newsletter an online ‘mapping facility’ for Southside Newington\, to capture ‘local opini on’ on ‘likes / dislikes / goods / bads’. (Southside CC has this in operation).\n7.7 Website Development Plan:\n1. HM has drafted an outline s hape for a new GPCC website\, using a WordPress format. He will develop th at further for the 21 Oct meeting. He will present for decision a short ta ble of contract options with webhost providers.\n7.8 Local Authority Elect ions 2027: GPCC Hustings:\n1. IC will take forward the proposals outlined in his paper\; early expressions of interest from political parties\, venu e\, format.\n8 REPORTS FROM OFFICE BEARERS (See Agenda Notes)\n8.1 Chair ( NK)\n1. Lorna Slater MSP ⑤: Expected to attend GPCC meeting on 21 Oct\, to present her ideas for a Parliamentary Member’s Bill on enhanced prote ction for Holyrood Park. Include mention of this in the October Newsletter . The 21 Oct GPCC meeting will be open to the public (although it is not a ‘public meeting’.)\n2. Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE) ⑧: Propose d moderate expansion of car parking area by the ROE entrance. City Council public consultation is open until 28 October. https://consultationhub.edi nburgh.gov.uk/cg/royal-observatory/\n3. Tram Line Extension ⑨: North Edi nburgh line shelved. South Edinburgh line moves to next appraisal stage. T he pivot point for the project\, and the point of GPCC focus\, will be the Cameron Toll ‘intersection’.\n8.2 Treasurer (AG)\n8.3 Secretary (KR)\ n1. Data Protection ⑦: Review of procedure over Q4.\n2. Controlled Parki ng Zone S8 ⑩: Covered in 7.5.4 above.\n9 REPORTS FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS\n9. 1 Newington Cemetery (ERJ)\n1. Permissions awaited for the siting of new b enches.\n9.2 EACC (KR)\n1. EACC website compromised and no longer active.\ n2. EACC looking for community councillor support to keep the Secretariat function open after the November AGM. Without this commitment\, EACC activ ity will scale back and may cease.\n10 OTHER BUSINESS:\n1. University Lodg e within Pollock Halls\, by Dalkeith Road. ERJ reports the vacant building now has new fence protection.\n2. Vacant site at South Gray Street / Dunc an Street. Owner believed to be in bankruptcy. IW to inquire.\n3. Current areas of interest for GPCC: CPZ S8\; Cameron Toll development plans\; Peff ermill sports site development plans\; Tram and Tram Trains projects\; Vis itor Levy Fund disbursement\, student accommodation\; road and pavement di srepair\; weeds.\n4. Late item: I am informed (17 Sep) that a report on a proposed future funding model for the Community Grants Fund\, due for revi ew at the Aug 26 Culture &\; Communities Committee\, has been deferred until after the May 2027 Local Government elections\, this on account of e lements of political sensitivity in the content.\n11: FUTURE MEETINGS Wedn esdays at 18.45:\n2026: 21 Oct\, 18 Nov\, 16 Dec.\n2027: 20 Jan\, 17 Feb\, 17 Mar\, 21 Apr\, 19 May\, 16 Jun\nCompiled by KR\nGPCC Office Bearers:\n Chair: Neil Kempsell. Deputy Chair: Ellen-Raissa Jackson. Treasurer: Andre as Grothey. Engagement Lead: Cori Schwabe. Secretary: Ken Robertson. 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