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  • Taxicard Scheme Review

    The Council’s Taxicard is available to Edinburgh residents with a permanent disability who cannot use ordinary buses unassisted. A Taxicard allows cardholders to travel by taxi at a reduced rate and can also be used for free local train travel. For more information on the Taxicard in Edinburgh, including eligibility requirements and the application process, please visit https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/taxi/taxicard More
    Opened today

  • Communal Bin Review (Phase 6)

    We want to hear your feedback on our proposals to improve the waste and recycling services within Phase 6 of the Communal Bin Review (CBR) project. Phase 6 of the CBR covers parts of the New Town, West End, Stockbridge and other areas within the World Heritage Site. Further information For more information about Phase 6 and to look at the detailed plans, please visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/binhubs . Phase 5 Update The... More
    Opened today

  • Princes Street and the Waverley Valley

    At the heart of our World Heritage Site and with its dramatic views to Edinburgh Castle, Princes Street is central to Edinburgh’s identity. It's a place to work, live, shop, spend time in, enjoy culture and also visit the beautiful Gardens. Princes Street is also a key to our public transport network for buses and trams and sits alongside Edinburgh Waverley train station. Through our Draft Princes Street and Waverley Valley Strategy, we are working to manage... More
    Opened 19 November 2024

  • Seafield Place Brief and Masterplan Consultation

    We have created a draft plan to transform Seafield into a new environmentally friendly neighbourhood. We want to know what you think of this plan. The plan includes: As many as 2,700 new homes, with 35% of homes being affordable, to address the City's housing emergency. A new promenade park linking together Craigentinny, Portobello and Leith. Community services and facilities, including a new primary school, GP surgery and plenty of green space. Opportunities for new... More
    Opened 5 February 2025

  • Leith Chooses 2024 - 2025

    £eith Chooses is a process of democratic deliberation and decision-making in which local people choose how to spend a public budget (participatory budgeting, or ‘PB’). If you live, work, study or volunteer in Leith please take time to consider the projects, and be sure to vote. You can cast your votes online by clicking on the link in the purple-bordered box below. You can also vote at the in-person event on 18 January at Leith Community Centre from 11am-3pm. ... More
    Closed 3 February 2025

  • Edinburgh Integration Joint Board Citizen and Carer Representative Recruitment

    Have you had experience of using health or social care services? Or do you care for someone who does? We would like to hear from you! We recruiting citizen and carer representatives for the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB). The EIJB was established on 1 April 2016 and is responsible for the strategic planning and commissioning of health and social care services in Edinburgh, and for issuing directions to the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS... More
    Closed 31 January 2025

  • Licensing Hub customer survey

    Before we move to South Gyle in Spring 2025, we are asking for your feedback on our service for driver and vehicle licence applicants. We'd also like to hear from you how we can improve. The Council's Licensing Hub is where officers carry out all licensed activity relating to taxi and Private Hire licensing, including: - MOT/vehicle compliance checks - Driver training - Licensed driver application submission - Advice and guidance - Payment facility More
    Closed 31 January 2025

  • Keep the Faith - Representing Faith and Religion in Museums and Galleries Edinburgh (visitor survey)

    Keep the Faith - Representing Faith and Religion in Museums and Galleries Edinburgh - is a project launched by Museums and Galleries Edinburgh with the aim of expanding our faith collections to make them more representative of religious life across the city. We are asking our visitors to share their views on this and would love to hear your thoughts. Need a different language or format? Please email the Interpretation and Translation Service at ... More
    Created 27 January 2025

  • Queensferry Campus

    The need for change in Queensferry There is a growing population in Queensferry and we need to expand the number of school places to meet demand. We know that some of our existing assets are reaching the end of their usable life and are no longer fit for purpose . Doing nothing is not an option, and investment is required. Previous engagement has told us that people would like services and facilities in a central and accessible location. We listened to what... More
    Opened 27 January 2025

  • Edinburgh Integration Joint Board draft strategic plan

    We would like you to share your views on Edinburgh Integration Joint Board’s (IJB) Draft Strategic Plan. This plan covers the three financial years running from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028. Our purpose as an IJB is to provide the best health and social care services that we can with the resources we have available. This means working to make Edinburgh a safer, healthier and fairer place to live for everybody. This latest version of the... More
    Opened 22 January 2025

  • Niddrie Mains Road (redeveloping the former Local Office)

    We are planning to redevelop a site within the local centre on the south side of Niddrie Mains Road, which will create a mixed-use development with new affordable homes above commercial premises creating varied a and vibrant edge to Niddrie Mains Road. It will link into the recently developed homes to the south and could deliver up to 125 new net zero carbon homes with a new commercial frontage on to Niddrie Mains Road. This will add to the regeneration of the area to date with over... More
    Opened 21 January 2025

  • Edinburgh's Budget

    We need to save at least £30 million next year Edinburgh is a popular, growing city. Our population is increasing and ageing, and more and more people need our help and support. Our costs are continuing to rise and our funding isn't keeping up. As a result, we're now expecting to have to save at least £30m next year and £109m by 2028/29. More
    Closed 14 January 2025

  • Planning Guidance - Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas

    This document set out the Council’s expectations for work: to a listed building within the grounds of a listed building within a conservation area. Multiple sections may be relevant to the work being undertaken. Careful consideration should be given to each of these. To check whether your property is listed or in a designated area, use The City of Edinburgh Council Atlas or Historic Environment Scotland Designations Map... More
    Opened 9 January 2025

  • Planning Guidance - Edinburgh Design Guidance

    This guidance sets out the Council’s expectations for design quality in development. It is structured around two themes: Sustainable Places Liveable Places It aims to promote good place-making by: Providing guidance on how to comply with planning policies. Guiding the approach to the design of streets, spaces and buildings. Explaining key ideas that need to be considered. Giving examples of good quality design. More
    Opened 9 January 2025

  • Planning Guidance - Householders

    This document sets out the Council’s expectations for householder developments. It provides guidance for: people who are thinking about making changes to their home. professionals involved in the process. What is householder development? Work to alter or enlarge a single residential property. This includes works within the boundary or garden of a property. More
    Opened 9 January 2025

  • Give us your views on our Planning Design Guidance

    We are currently updating the following planning guidance documents. Edinburgh Design Guidance Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas Guidance Guidance for Householders Background In response to the National Planning Framework 4, City Plan 2030 and the City Mobility Plan, we have reviewed the guidance documents to make sure they align with the aims and outcomes of the plans. We have also updated the guidance to respond to the climate... More
    Opened 9 January 2025

  • LGE Leavers pay award claim form for 2024-2025

    This form should only be completed by former Local Government employees of the City of Edinburgh Council who wish to claim payment of the retrospective National pay award (2024 to 2025). (There is a separate claim form for former Learning and Teaching employees .) Local Authorities across Scotland have been instructed to implement the 2024-2025 pay offer made by COSLA which is effective from 1 April 2024. Details of the pay offer are available on our website . ... More
    Closed 6 January 2025

  • Edinburgh Future Libraries Strategy Consultation

    Edinburgh Libraries are developing a new Future Libraries strategy and vision to enhance our services over the next five years, meeting the needs of our city's residents and adapting to changing public expectations, financial pressures, and technological advances. We carried out initial engagement activity earlier this year. The feedback gathered from this engagement period, along with our existing service data has helped us produce a draft Future Libraries Strategy 2024 – 2029. ... More
    Closed 25 December 2024

  • Implementing our British Sign Language Plan 2024-30

    Our BSL plan for 2024-2030 next six years through We would like to hear what you think about the actions we plan to deliver. Plan sets out our ambitions for BSL users to be fully involved in daily and public life in Edinburgh, as active, healthy citizens and able to make informed choices about every aspect of their lives. Our action plan we been develop around nine themes which are:   Accessibility Children, Young People and their Families ... More
    Closed 24 December 2024

  • Meadowbank Sports Centre - Wall of Honour nominations

    The search has begun for additional names to be added to the Wall of Honour at the Meadowbank Sports Centre. When the new Meadowbank Sport Centre opened in 2022 a space within the atrium in the building was reserved to honour members of the public who made significant contributions to Meadowbank’s past and legacy as a sport venue and community facility. Over 45 people were honoured in the original Wall of Honour, and included sporting heroes Chris Hoy, Lynsey Sharp,... More
    Closed 20 December 2024

  • Ross Bandstand events and activities

    The Ross Bandstand and West Princes Street Gardens are iconic cultural and historic public spaces within Edinburgh and the Council is keen for them to be utilised and enjoyed by residents and visitors as vibrant city assets. The original bandstand was created in 1877 and has been a key part of Edinburgh’s performance and social scene ever since. In recent decades the Bandstand and Gardens have hosted a variety of events ranging from the MTV Awards, the Festival Fireworks... More
    Closed 20 December 2024

  • Sustainable Procurement Strategy

    The City of Edinburgh Council delivers much of the city’s services and construction through third party contractors. To guide all saving and spending decisions the city makes between 2025 and 2030 the Council’s Commercial and Procurement Services are developing a new five-year Sustainable Procurement Strategy. The Council’s Procurement Strategy focuses on how we purchase and will focus on promoting economic, environmental and social outcomes that support sustainable... More
    Closed 18 December 2024

  • Visitor Levy for Edinburgh

    The City of Edinburgh Council is thinking about introducing a visitor levy. We want to hear your views on our draft scheme. Councils in Scotland have new powers to introduce a visitor levy in their local area. These powers come from new laws in the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024. Cities around the world already have visitor levies. These cities include Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Barcelona, New York, Kyoto and Dubai. If Edinburgh introduced such a levy, the money... More
    Closed 15 December 2024

  • Proposal of Application Notice: PAN Consultation Pennywell Phase 3

    Welcome to this second public consultation event for the delivery of the final block of the Pennywell Masterplan. This project is the final phase of the wider Pennywell Regeneration Masterplan which has been ongoing for over 10 years. The Masterplan has delivered new mixed tenure housing and delivered new community buildings which include The Macmillan Hub (adjacent to the development site) a mixed-use community space offering a new home for the library, an early years centre and café... More
    Closed 13 December 2024

  • Leavers pay award claim for 2024-2025

    This form should only be completed by former Learning and Teaching employees of the City of Edinburgh Council who wish to claim payment of the retrospective National pay award (2024 to 2025). Local Authorities across Scotland have agreed to implement the 2024-2025 pay offer made by CoSLA which is effective from 1 August 2024. Details of the pay offer are available on our website . More
    Closed 6 December 2024

  • Council tenant newsletter survey

    Complete this survey to be in with a chance of winning a £25 shopping voucher. We want to hear Council tenants' views on the newsletter, Tenants' Courier. Currently, tenants receive a copy of the newsletter twice a year in print form. The feedback we get will help us make improvements and make sure we're sharing the news and information that matters most to you. This survey is open to City of Edinburgh Council tenants only. More
    Closed 30 November 2024

  • Niddrie Mains Road - new homes and development

    We are planning to redevelop a site within the Local Centre on the south side of Niddrie Mains Road, which will create a mixed-use development with new affordable homes above commercial premises creating varied a and vibrant edge to Niddrie Mains Road. It will link into the recently developed homes to the south and could deliver up to 125 new net zero carbon homes with a new commercial frontage on to Niddrie Mains Road. This will add to the regeneration of the area to date with... More
    Closed 29 November 2024

  • 2025/26 Council Housing Rent Consultation

    Every year we ask tenants to give their views on the rent they pay. In February this year, councillors agreed to increase rent by 7% every year, for five years, starting in April 2024. This longer-term strategy will give tenants more certainty about the rent they pay and will help us to better plan our spending to improve homes and services. Now we’d like to hear from you on how you’d like your rent to be spent. The 2025/26 Council Housing Rent... More
    Closed 29 November 2024

  • Leith Connections: Hawthornvale to Seafield

    Through our Leith Connections project, we are changing streets in Leith making it more comfortable for anyone walking, wheeling or cycling and creating new community spaces. The  Local Development Plan  (LDP) and City Plan 2030 have identified significant areas of new residential development in the Leith area. Related action programmes have been developed to look at what improvements are needed to existing infrastructure and what new infrastructure is needed to provide safe... More
    Closed 17 November 2024

  • Proposal of Application Notice: PAN Consultation Pennywell Phase 3

    This project is the final phase of the wider Pennywell Regeneration Masterplan which has been ongoing for over 10 years. The Masterplan has delivered new mixed tenure housing and delivered new community buildings which include The Macmillan Hub (adjacent to the development site) a mixed-use community space offering a new home for the library, an early years centre and café facilities together with an enhanced art space for North Edinburgh Arts and social homes. ... More
    Closed 15 November 2024
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