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Maureen Child Update 7/12/2016

Posted on: December 7th, 2016

Dear All,   Lots of pre-Christmas things going on this weekend – naturally! Tribe Porty have  their Tribe Christmas Makers Market at 19 Windsor Place, open 1pm- 4pm Saturday 10 December.  A great selection of 30 local makers will sell their crafts and goods, and they will also have Crumbs of Portobello selling soup, foods […]

Planning Summary, week commencing 5 Dec 2016

Posted on: December 6th, 2016

The following application, listed in the planning list this week, may be of interest: 16/05768/FUL: Construction of a new 8 flats housing development on a vacant site; at Land 14 Metres Northeast Of Figgate Street Weekly-List-06.12.16A.pdf Weekly-List-06.12.16D.pdf 16_05768_FUL-DESIGN_STATEMENT_AND_ACCOMMODATION_SCHEDULE_-_4_PAGES-3475826.pdf 16_05768_FUL-_12__MODEL_IMAGE-3475824.pdf 16_05768_FUL-_01__LOCATION_PLAN-3475823.pdf 16_05768_FUL-_02__SITE_PLAN_-_GROUND_FLOOR_PLAN-3475830.pdf

Help Shape the Future – North East Locality Improvement Plan

Posted on: December 2nd, 2016

  Work is now well underway in shaping the new 2017 – 2022 Locality Improvement Plan for North East Edinburgh and it’s important that you can tell us what you think needs to happen in the next 5 years. We are focussing on the themes of Place; Health & Wellbeing; Community Safety; Children, young people […]

Refugees Voice Event

Posted on: December 2nd, 2016

Dear Friends,   The Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC), in partnership with Drummond Community High School, are organising an event to facilitate a discussion between service providers in public and third sector, and asylum seekers and refugees in order to hear from the refugees first-hand about their actual circumstances and needs and link […]

Changes To Bus Lanes – Operational Hours andMotorbike Usage (TRO/16/87A & TRO/16/87B)

Posted on: December 2nd, 2016

Dear Sir / Madam   VARIOUS ROADS – EDINBURGH PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO PROHIBITIONS   I refer to our previous letter of 7 November 2016 regarding the above.   In accordance with the terms of the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1999, I write to inform you that the City of Edinburgh Council proposes […]

Revised Proposals For 14 Bath Street (Former Bingo Hall and George Cinema)

Posted on: December 1st, 2016

The owners of 14 Bath Street – the former bingo hall and George Cinema – would like some quick feedback from the community on revised proposals to convert the building to a residential block of 20 units, parking and related landscaping. The proposals include:-  demolition of the majority of the building  retention of the original […]

New Portobello Park Exhibition Events

Posted on: November 30th, 2016

The team appointed by The City of Edinburgh Council to take forward the design development of Treverlen Park are holding two exhibitions at St John’s RC Primary School. The first event is Thursday 1 December from 15.30 – 19.30, with a second event, same time and location on 13 December. The park will be built […]

Council Axes Porty Christmas Lighting

Posted on: November 30th, 2016

Council officials have decided not to provide any Christmas street lighting on the lamp posts on Portobello High Street this year citing “repair/replacement requirements”. The decision was revealed in an answer to a question posed by Councillor Jason Rust at Thursday’s full meeting of the City of Edinburgh Council. Porty is one of a number […]

Maureen Child Update 30/11/2016

Posted on: November 30th, 2016

Dear All   Portobello Christmas Street Festival and family fun event is tomorrow 1 December from 5pm with special guests and lights switched on at 6pm.   and it was one of the first Porty Podcast topics for David Calder who has started doing regular interviews to promote what is going on in our local area. […]

Tribe Porty Newsletter | November News

Posted on: November 29th, 2016

Tribe Porty is a community coworking and creative events hub. View this email in your browser Hello winter! We have been reminded of winter’s cold, yet there are still brave sea swimmers regularly diving in. In case you missed the benefits of cold therapy, check this out. At Tribe, we have finished this year’s ULab […]