You can sign up for project updates via the link below. We’ll then keep you informed of progress, and events where you can speak directly to the delivery team and offer your views.
The Council is delivering this Community Links PLUS project in partnership with Sustrans and design consultants, AECOM. The information that you share with us will only be used by the Council and these partners to inform the development of this project.
At the end of the project all records...More
You can sign up for project updates via the link below. We’ll then keep you informed of progress, and events where you can speak directly to the delivery team and offer your views.
The Council is delivering this Places for Everyone project (formerly known as Community Links PLUS ) in partnership with Sustrans and design consultants, AECOM. The information that you share with us will only be used by the Council and these partners to inform the development of this project.
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You can sign up for project updates via the link below. We’ll then keep you informed of project progress and events relating to the project and its aims.
The Council is delivering this Places For Everyone funded project in partnership with Sustrans and design consultants, AECOM. The information that you share with us will only be used by the Council and these partners to inform the development of this project.
At the end of the project all records will be permanently...More
You can sign up for project updates via the link below. We’ll then keep you informed of progress, and events where you can speak directly to the delivery team and offer your views.
The Council is delivering this Places For Everyone funded project in partnership with Sustrans and design consultants, AECOM. The information that you share with us will only be used by the Council and these partners to inform the development of this project.
At the end of the project all...More
Thank you for using Edinburgh Scientific Services in the previous year. We are dedicated to improving our service and would be delighted if you could take a few moments to complete our customer satisfaction survey.
We value your feedback and will use the survey results to introduce positive change.
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The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (Section 16E) requires planning authorities to prepare and maintain a list of people interested in acquiring land in the authority’s area for self-build housing, and to publish that information.
Self-build housing is where a person commissions or is personally involved in the design and construction of a dwelling intended to be their main residence.
If you are interested acquiring land in the Edinburgh...More
In March 2022, the Regulatory Committee formally agreed to introduce a licensing scheme for Sexual Entertainment Venues (SEVs) in Edinburgh. This followed the introduction of new legislation which allowed local authorities to license such venues, and a public consultation exercise on the issue.
Adoption of the powers to license Sexual Entertainment Venues (SEVs) does not imply approval of these premises by the Council.
Following the consultation process the Council...More
We are planning to create a new neighbourhood along the A8 corridor, next to Edinburgh Airport. This will have around 11,000 new homes alongside shops, schools, healthcare, leisure facilities and other things people will need.
We will also make sure it is well connected, providing active travel links and public transport to the surrounding areas and the rest of the city.
We consulted on the principle of development as part of City Plan 2030. We are now...More
We need to manage and coordinate future investment and development in the West Edinburgh area to make sure that this growth is well coordinated and supported. The Council is currently consulting on the following proposals:
Towards West Edinburgh 2050
West Edinburgh Placemaking Framework and Strategic Masterplan
Broxburn to Maybury Public Transport and Active Travel Improvements
To support this activity, we're holding a number of events and webinars in West...More
Towards West Edinburgh 2050 is our proposal on how the area to the west of the city should change over time. It is a ‘spatial strategy’ which covers the area of land stretching from the western edge of the city to the boundary with West Lothian, and from the Pentlands in the south to the Firth of Forth in the north. We have developed it in partnership with
Scottish Enterprise,
Scottish Futures Trust
Transport Scotland.
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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
In 2020 and 2021, we made changes to the roads between Greenbank and the Meadows. This was in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide safer walking, wheeling and cycling. It included the Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Connection.
We also closed Braid Road to vehicles in both directions between Hermitage Drive and Braid Hills Hotel. We re-opened it to southbound traffic in May 2021 and in November 2021 councillors agreed to reopen it to traffic in both directions.
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In summer 2022, we consulted on the masterplan for Leith Links . We received 789 responses about the masterplan with nearly 70% of people stating that they lived in Leith. Overall, 90% of respondents thought that the proposals detailed in the Masterplan were positive.
We are now at the stage of taking forward development plans as outlined within the masterplan. This includes redesigning the disused bowling greens into an Activity Hub and transforming the pavilion into a...More
We would like your views on the proposal that a new secondary school should be built on the Kirkliston Leisure centre site.
The catchment area of the new school would be the same as that of the existing Kirkliston Primary School. The new school would open in August 2028 at the earliest.
We asked people about this informally in June 2023. We now think this proposal should be progressed. This latest consultation is the formal statutory process...More
Significant new housing is proposed within the Queensferry area. The existing school infrastructure is not large enough to accommodate the pupil numbers expected going forward.
Proposal
A new non-denominational primary school and nursery is being proposed within the Builyeon Road housing development. This would involve the creation of a new catchment area. The full proposal details two options for the new catchment area. A shorter, summary paper is also available . ...More
We want to hear your views on plans to establish a new 11 class primary school and nursery on the South Neighbourhood Office site on Captain’s Road, replacing the existing St Catherine's Roman Catholic primary school.
Investigations in the summer of 2018 considering how best to upgrade St Catherine’s RC primary school concluded that the building needed to be replaced rather than upgraded.
Relocating a school means we have a legal obligation to carry out a statutory...More
Under the Antisocial Behaviour Act, every local authority must prepare, publish and review a strategy for dealing with antisocial behaviour in their council area.
The Antisocial Behaviour Strategy is produced by The Edinburgh Community Safety and Justice Partnership which is made up of Elected Members, staff from the City of Edinburgh Council, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership, NHS Lothian, Voluntary Sector,...More
For many years the Council has controlled street trading and the operation of markets by requiring these activities to be licensed.
A Street Trader’s Licence is needed to sell goods or services on the street - for example:
selling tourist gifts on the Royal Mile
ice cream vans
pedicabs
street food vans
A Market Operator’s licence is needed to o perate a market where goods...More