A management plan has been prepared for the Water of Leith on behalf of the Water of Leith Action Group.  The plan, which has been funded by Scottish Natural Heritage and City of Edinburgh Council, is an action led plan aimed at the organisations who actively manage the river. 

A Final Draft is available here. It have been amended following a period of consultation. The Plan need to be accepted by the Councils Planning Commitee and then the Water of Leith Action Group will formally adopt it during our autumn meeting. Amended maps will follow along with details of the responses to the public consultation

 Water of Leith Management Plan - Final Draft

Water of Leith Management Plan - Topic Papers

Two plans have been produced to accompany the draft management plan, they are still to be updated but changes will be minor.

The first 5 plans show the location of environmental assets adjacent to the river channel.  The river is shown on five sheets extending from Balerno (Env Assets sheet 1) to Leith (Env Assets sheet 5).

Environmental Asset Sheet 1 - Balerno to Juniper Green

Environmental Asset Sheet 2 - Juniper Green to Slateford

Environmental Asset Sheet 3 - Slateford to Gorgie

Environmental Asset Sheet 4 - Gorgie to Canonmills

Environmental Asset Sheet 5 - Canonmills to Leith

The second set of plans shows the location of selected management issues (SMI).  These are grouped into four files which extend from Balerno (SMI 01 Sheets 1 – 6) to Leith (SMI 04 Sheets 18 – 22).

SMI Plan 1 (Sheets 1 - 6 Balerno to Kinleith in Currie)

SMI Plan 2 (Sheets 7 - 12 Kinleith to Gorgie Road)

SMI Plan 3 (Sheets 13 - 17 Gorgie Road to Stockbridge)

SMI Plan 4 (Sheets 18 - 22 Stockbridge to Leith)

 These are still to be updated