Leith Central Community Council

18 March 2019

City Plan 2030

• Choices for City Plan 2030

• Consultation

•Monitoring

•Next steps

Choices for City Plan 2030

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Planning Policy Hierarchy

National Planning Framework (Scottish Government)

Strategic Development Plan (SESplan)

Local Development Plan (City of Edinburgh Council)

Current LDP

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• Adopted 2016

• Used to decide planning applications for development and change of use

• Strategy and policies for whole Council area

• Detailed proposals map

Choices for City Plan 2030

• Main statutory consultation stage

• Focus on key changes arising since previous plan

• Must set out:

Proposed spatial strategy

Preferred options

Reasonable alternatives

• Meaningful and clear

• Supported by Monitoring Statement & Environmental Report

• Advance notice in Development Plan Scheme 6

CITY PLAN 2030

2050 CITY VISION

3 ‘connecting our city, transforming

our places’ projects

ECONOMY STRATEGY

CITY HOUSING STRATEGY

CITY MOBILITY PLAN

CITY CENTRE TRANSFORMATION

LOW EMISSION ZONE

Fair Inspired Connected Thriving

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Choices for City Plan 2030

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•What we want Edinburgh to be like in 2030

• Longer term vision

Job of this plan to take us to this vision

• Frame the context

What can planning do (and not do?)

What can we change

Why we are consulting

•Dependant on SESplan SDP2

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Collected sites (with multiple ownerships and uses):

• Seafield Eastern Waterfront• Leith Docks• Gorgie• Bonnington• Jane Street• Drumbryden• Lanark Road

Single sites (with predominantly single ownership and use):

• Redford Barracks• Inch Nursery• Astley Ainsley• Peffer Place• Eyre Terrace• Powderhall• Fettes

Urban Area / Brownfield potential

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Greenfield areas

Story Maps (draft)

Consultation period (dates tbc)

• Awareness raising events:

Shopping centres, rail station

• Drop-in sessions:

Libraries & other venues with large enough rooms

• Children & Young People Engagement Programme:

Under development

• Topic stakeholder events:

More events

Online activity

•Monthly email newsletters

• Regular blogs

• Twitter

Monitoring

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Monitoring Statement

• Statutory document

• Accompanies main issues consultation

• Changes in physical, economic, social & environmental characteristics of area

• Impact of current LDP on these

• Evidence base for changing or retaining policies

•Maps & Charts, with commentary on significance

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Population Change 2007 to 2017

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Population Density

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Housing sites allocated in the LDP

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Leith Central Housing Sites (31 March 2018)

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Public Transport Accessibility Level

Industrial floorspace

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Loss of Industrial Floorspace 2013 - 2018

Industrial stock by decade built

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Pre-war 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Unknown

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Location of office stock

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Office Development 2013 to 2018

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Location of student accommodation

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Applications for student accommodation 2013 to 2018

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Student Accommodation (December 2018)

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Primary Schools

School

Capacity 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027

Abbeyhill Primary School 231 159 179 174 173 173 181

Broughton Primary School 462 392 412 411 422 418 417

Leith Walk Primary School 329 248 269 231 217 204 223

Lorne Primary School 259 237 218 198 176 177 180

Trinity Primary School 630 557 578 569 551 521 523

Holy Cross RC Primary 315 319 315 306 296 295 307

St Mary's (Edinburgh) RC Primary 420 369 358 354 346 342 353

St Mary's (Leith) RC Primary 420 344 364 352 349 354 362

Secondary Schools

Drummond Community High 600 333 339 418 486 511 499

Leith Academy 950 889 894 942 969 975 966

Trinity Academy 950 811 827 882 935 962 979

Holy Rood RC High 1200 1040 1108 1184 1222 1224 1212

St Thomas of Aquin's RC High 750 772 824 877 932 953 949

Scholl Roll Projections 2017 – 2027 (blue indicates schools at capacity)

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Business floorspace provision

NE Access to local greenspace

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NE Access to large greenspace

Further data

• Council atlas

• LDP interactive map

•Housing Land Audit and Delivery Programme

• Census factsheets by Community Council area

•Will be publishing background studies and updated City Plan 2030 timetable over the coming months

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Thank You

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• Twitter: @planningedin

• Blog: planningedinburgh.com

• www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cityplan2030

• Email: cityplan2030@edinburgh.gov.uk

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Open Space NE Actions

A) Leith Links from fair to meet standard for Premier Park

B) Leith Western HarbourK) PowderhallL) Waterfront Promenade