EDDLESTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCILMeetings take place in the Village Hall every month during the school year - usually on the 4th Wednesday at 8pm except for July, August and December. These meetings are open to the public and there is an opportunity to 'have your say' on matters which concern you. Have a look at the Events page for more details. You can also download the minutes, agendas and annual accounts from the online library We are always looking for new blood so if you would like to join, do please get in touch. Elections are held annually in June but we are able to co-opt members during the year. EDCC covers the area on either side of the A703 from Leadburn to the Mailingsland Crossroads. It is non-political in nature and acts as a conduit to and from Scottish Borders Council on matters relevant to the community. EDCC views are taken into account on all major planning applications and it is given the opportunity to comment on a wide range of SBC reports at the draft stage. Given the attendance of SBC councillors at meetings, as well as allowing opportunity to speak directly to them, it provides a mechanism for identifying the best way to approach SBC on a range of matters. Like all the other clubs and societies in the village EDCC makes a difference to village life. In the past year or so, EDCC has had two notice boards erected in the village; purchased Christmas lights for the village hall; had the bus-shelter in the centre of the village painted; and initiated repairs to pavements in the village. LOCAL PLAN UPDATEThe Local Plan has been many a long month in consultation and the 'final' version has now been agreed. What this means for Eddleston is that only one site remains in the plan - the one at the top of Burnside. The main reason for this (in addition to the potentially more serious flooding problems with the other possible sites), is the consensus within the village that we don't want more than one site to be approved and that we don't want more than 20 houses in total, of which around 15% should be designated as affordable housing. This is the smallest of the suggested sites with the others allowing for potentially many more houses. Click on the link to see SBC's Planning Brief for Burnside http://www.tinyurl.com/j5yz4 Should a planning application be submitted, a full Flood Risk Assessment will be carried out. This would look at the impact on the watercourse and assess what mitigation measures would be needed.
| CHAIRMAN'S ANNUAL REPORT 2008 This has been another busy year for the Community Council with progress made in a number of areas including: SUCCESSES Improvements to the village web site, completed with grant assistance from Scottish Borders Council Welcome improvements to the seats in the Peebles bus shelter Reduced nuisance on the drying green in Station Road Help with local flood planning On an on-going basis EDCC presents the community’s views on local Planning Applications, with the potential wind farm on Spurlens Rig perhaps likely to generate the most interest in the months and years to come
MAYBE NEXT YEAR? - SBC collection of garden waste?
More community activities eg Open Day at Barony Castle? A Burns Supper to celebrate the success of the Village Hall Committee in raising funds and completing the extension to the hall? Support for other village groups?
Your ideas are welcome so do please let us know WITH PARTICULAR THANKS TO - Margot Porter our Secretary who has worked tirelessly on our behalf and now stands down after 2 years in the role
Jonathan Dennis our Planning Officer Ian Porter and Richard Spray who stand down this year Ted Radford for help with Flood Planning Kathy Greenwood our webmaster Peter Mulholland our honorary auditor Scottish Borders Council together with Cllrs Neil Calvert, Catriona Bhatia and Willie Armstrong for their on-going support
WELCOME TO
New EDCC members Ambi Wildman (who takes over the role of Secretary) and Colin Small Treasurer's Report This year we made a surplus of £247 which will be carried forward to 2008/09. Our income comes from a grant from Scottish Borders Council, this year supplemented by a substantial contribution towards the upgrade of the village website. The main item of expenditure was the payment to our website designers met from the grant above supplemented by the balance of funds in our 'computer' account. Other expenditure is largely cost of meeting facilities and secretary's expenses together with a donation of mulled wine to support the Village Hall's Christmas tree event. At 31 March 08, funds in our bank account amounted to £616
| Eddleston District Community Council was set up in 1997. Established under the Local Government Scotland Act 1973, its role is to represent to the local authority, the views of the community and to take such action in the interests of the community as appears to it to be expedient and practicable. Scottish Borders Council have a duty to consult us on a range of matters which affect us - e.g. the delivery of local services, and all planning applications  The picture shows one of the two noticeboards bought with the help of a grant from Scottish Borders Council to whom we are most grateful. As you can see, this one is sited at the Old Orchard. The other one is in Bellfield Road close to the church. Notices are primarily for Community Council Business but we are happy to help publicise other village events so if you have a notice you would like to display, please contact Kathy Greenwood on 01721 730654 or email via the web site CONTACT DETAILSThe council is made up of eight elected members together with our three local Scottish Borders Councillors - Neil Calvert, Catriona Bhatia and Willie Archibald. Also actively involved is our Community Police Liaison Officer - PC Alan MacDonald.
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