The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 places a duty on local authorities to “establish and maintain a register of property which is held by the authority as part of the common good” (a common good register).
Before establishing a common good register, the Act requires a local...More
The City of Edinburgh Council is looking for views from all city stakeholders but in particular the hospitality and tourism sector, city businesses and investors, culture partners, visitors and residents, concerning the best possible arrangements for introducing a Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) /...More
Edinburgh is one of Europe’s great capital cities. It has a successful economy, the city is of growing international significance and continues to embrace the jobs of today and the opportunities of tomorrow. Unemployment rates are low in both Scottish and UK terms, and our job market remains...More
The Council is consulting on a proposal to realign the catchment areas of Currie Primary School, Nether Currie Primary School, Dean Park Primary School, Currie High School and Balerno High School. The consultation begins on Tuesday 23 October 2018 and will run until Monday 3 December 2018. ...More
City of Edinburgh Licensing Forum (‘the Forum’) is a lay advisory body set up by the Council, as required by the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.
The Forum has a duty to oversee how the Licensing Board exercises its powers under the Act in respect of the sale of alcohol.
...More
In March 2018, the Council acquired the former gas works in Granton Waterfront which substantially increased its landholdings within this priority regeneration area.
This acquisition provides an opportunity for the Council to take the lead in the regeneration and ensure a place...More
Through ' Connecting our City, Transforming our Places ', the City of Edinburgh Council is setting out bold, ambitious ideas that will help achieve the Edinburgh 2050 vision; a fairer, thriving, connected and inspired city.
The ideas focus on better places designed with people at their...More
Following on from the first public consultation exercise in early 2018, the project team have been working to incorporate your feedback into the design proposals. With around 1,400 Consultation Hub submissions, over 1,500 people attending our events and a series of community workshops with local...More
The City of Edinburgh Council wishes to develop an ‘Open Streets’ programme of vehicle-free days on the first Sunday of each month (10am–5pm) in key parts of the city centre and town centres.
Through the temporary closure of selected streets to motor traffic, the programme...More
Thank you for taking part in this survey. Edinburgh parks play host to a huge array of events every year and we know that there is a balance to be struck between those who wish to host events, those wanting to enjoy them and those whose everyday lives are either enhanced or disrupted in some way....More
The North West Locality Transport team were requested by a number of the Ward Councillors and the Corstorphine Community Council to implement a one way trial on the southern section of Featherhall Avenue to reduce vehicle conflict.
The trial happen between 15 th August and 5 th ...More
The Council is consulting with sports clubs on the proposal to introduce additional charges to bookings taking place within non-core hours in secondary school sport facilities. The additional charges would cover the costs for allowing community access during non-core hours.
Non-core...More
Thank you to all who have participated so far. Further drop in sessions will be held as follows, to feedback on what people have said so far and proposed next steps. A recent presentation to the Meadowbank Sounding Board is available in the Related Documents section below or click here . ...More
Echline Primary School would like to know what you think about your school journey. This survey will take about 5-10 minutes to complete. We ask that each family complete only one survey. Your responses will be kept confidential and neither your name nor your child’s name will be associated...More
Edinburgh has a rich 900-year history captured in its City Archives – from old charters to last month’s Council webcasts. But we don’t just preserve the past; we also collect records about life in the city today.
To help the city’s archives reflect Edinburgh as it is now, rather...More
The Edinburgh Licensing Board is consulting on the terms of its draft Statement of Licensing Policy, having carried out an informal consultation earlier in the year.
As part of this process, the Board is also consulting on its assessment of localities in the Board’s area which...More
The Edinburgh Licensing Board is consulting on the terms of its draft Statement of Licensing Policy, having carried out an informal consultation earlier in the year.
The consultation encourages consideration of, and comment upon, the new draft policy statement in its entirety. ...More
This consultation gives people the opportunity to express their views about proposed initial design for walking and cycling improvements on Arboretum Place, between Inverleith Park and the Royal Botanic Garden West Gate.
These designs will convert the circular area between the Park...More
We want to hear you views on our outline learning disability strategic commissioning plan – the full plan and an easy read version can be found in the related section below.
You will be able to tell us what you think until 17 September 2018. After that we will read all the things...More
The Council has decided to review the planning guidance on outdoor advertising. This consultation is to get your views on:
What types of outdoor advertising are acceptable
Where it is suitable to have outdoor advertising in the city
The change to...More
West Princes Street Gardens is one of the most cherished public green spaces in Scotland, loved by locals and visitors alike. However, over the past few decades due to increasing budget pressures the money available to invest in the facilities has decreased and as a result the Garden’s...More
Community planning brings together public agencies, the third sector and communities to work together to plan and deliver services which make a real difference to people's lives. The Edinburgh Partnership involves these partners in overseeing this work for the city.
The...More
Welcome to the British Sign Language (BSL) Draft Plan for Edinburgh 2018-24 Consultation pages.
The BSL National Plan was launched by Scottish Government in October 2017. By October 2018 all Local Authorities must also produce their own plan to improve services for BSL speakers.
The...More
Parking in Corstorphine
The Council has received a number of representations from residents in your area. Those representations indicated concern at the parking situation in their street and asked the Council to look at introducing measures designed to address the highlighted parking issues....More
We want to hear your views on Community Payback Orders (CPO). These are given out by the Court to offenders to pay for their crimes as an alternative to a prison sentence.
In particular, we want to know what you think about the unpaid work part of a CPO, which replaced community service...More
The City of Edinburgh Council has received a request to provide a new pedestrian crossing facility on West Granton Road at the pedestrian access to the Morrison's supermarket.
In order to manage the large number of such requests we have developed a priority system to evaluate locations...More
The City of Edinburgh Council has received a request to provide a new pedestrian crossing facility on Links Place at the junction of Johns Place and Elbe Street.
In order to manage thelarge number of such requests we have developed a priority system to evaluate locations and the crossing...More