JUNE 2026 MEETING - Agenda

AGENDA FOR ORDINARY BUSINESS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2026 

AT 18.45.

VENUE: CAMERON HOUSE COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTRE

34 PRESTONFIELD AVENUE, EH16 5EU.

Issued on 10 June 2026. This meeting will be held in public.

1            Audio or video recording of meeting.

2            Record of membership present, apologies received, and other attendees.

3            Declarations of interest.

4            Adopt Report of Meeting of 20 May 2026: See GPCC website front page.

5            Matters arising not covered by Agenda.

6            External Reports: 6.1 Ward Councillor.

7          GPCC Reports:

7.1        Action Points arising from previous Meeting: None

7.2        Planning: Cameron House Nursery ①

7.3        Licensing:

7.4        Police Reports:

7.5        Roads and Transport: Parking Restrictions, Rankin Drive, TRO/24/34 ②

7.6        Engagement Programme: Scope late-September GPCC public meeting; venue and content ⑥ 

7.7        Website Development Plan: Update.

8          Reports from Office Bearers:

8.1        Chair:

8.2        Treasurer: Presentation of amended and final Treasurer’s Report for 2025/26, for approval and submission to  CEC Governance. Papers awaited.

8.3        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.

9            Reports from Outside Groups:

              Newington Cemetery (ERJ):

              EACC (KR): EACC meeting on 25 June will feature a presentation by the Cockburn Association.

10          Other Business:

11          Date of future meetings: Wednesday at 18.45:

16 Sep, 21 Oct, 18 Nov, 16 Dec.

Notes:

① Cllr. Flannery queries CEC Planning on the lack of clarity / scope for confusion across the descriptions of the Planning Application, the adjacent summary Planning Decision and the detail carried in the Decision Notice. Secretary adds separate GPCC comment to Planning.

② Traffic Regulation Order Sub Committee (TRO SC), 12 May. TRO/24/34 approved, with double-yellow restrictions to follow. Resident pushback. FOI request tabled. GPCC and Local Councillors invited to issue a public statement in support of rescinding the TRO. Local Councillors note the TRO is now legally in place. GPCC letter sent to Local Councillors raising queries about some procedural aspects of the TRO SC procedure at the 12 May meeting.

③ An informal Reid Memorial working group is speaking to Development Trusts Association Scotland about the future of the 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 funds as a ‘short-term measure’ (this following an informal approach.) Governance approval would be needed.

④ Reported (Ian Murray MP) that Strathearn Road Post Office Delivery Centre has been purchased by Edinburgh Architects, Reiach & Hall Architects, to house their practice. (The Gillis Centre at Strathearn Road / Whitehouse Loan is another local site coming to the market.)

⑤ City Plan 2040 (CP 2040) Evidence Report tabled with Planning Committee on 3 June and Full Council on 25 June. https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CId=150&Year=0 The Evidence Report is a major early-stage marker in the build-out of CP 2040.

⑥ Newington Trinity can offer a church hall facility.

⑦ Local Development Plan ‘Call for Ideas’ Q3. See website.

Distribution to:

CEC Governance, GPCC Members, Ward Councillors, Ian Murray MP, Douglas Johnson MSP, GPCC Website.

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