Following a successful pilot in South Edinburgh, the Council is proposing to extend 20 mph speed limits to all residential streets, main shopping areas, city centre streets and roads with high levels of pedestrian and cyclist activity.
Further information about the consultation including a...More
We are currently developing a scheme to improve cycling conditions between Marchmont and the University of Edinburgh King’s Buildings campus. The scheme is part of the delivery of our Active Travel Action Plan and we welcome your comments on these proposals.
The route between Marchmont and...More
The Council is looking to create a cycling hub in Hunter's Hall Park where the Jack Kane Sports Centre and Community Wing is based.
This would provide opportunities for adults and young people to develop their cycling ability and help to improve their confidence on the road. It could...More
The City of Edinburgh Council is reviewing the Queensferry Conservation Area Character Appraisal. Conservation Area Character Appraisals help to manage change in a conservation area. They describe what is special about each conservation area, and help in making decisions on proposals that affect...More
The City of Edinburgh Council is facing a budget challenge. We need to change the way we allocate resources across our services and reduce the amount of money we spend each year by 7% by 2018. So we have some decisions to make about where we invest our money and where we need to save.
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The Review of Community Access to Schools began in 2012 with the aim of introducing a more consistent approach to how we manage community access to our schools and to allow the Council to bring greater consistency to charges for use of school facilities across the city.
The overall aim of...More
Edinburgh is a Fairtrade City (2014 marked 10 years of Fairtrade City status). Each year the city celebrates Fairtrade Fortnight and the Lord Provost presents the Lord Provost Fair Trade Awards. The Awards acknowledge those who have gone the extra mile to support and promote Fair Trade in...More
The Scottish Government has introduced the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (the Act). It requires that NHS Lothian and The City of Edinburgh Council create a new Integration Authority for Edinburgh with responsibility for delivering the national Health and Wellbeing Outcomes....More
The Council is seeking the views of stakeholders and the public on its school streets proposal. This will introduce school streets at 11 primary schools across Edinburgh for a period of 18 months. These locations have been experiencing on going road safety issues caused by drivers bringing their...More
Summary
During 2014, the Council carried out an analysis of future jobs potential in Leith. The study sits within the Council’s Economic Strategy: A Strategy for Jobs 2012-17. This study looked at:
Leith’s distinctiveness as a place
Leith’s business potential; and
the...More
The City of Edinburgh Council has to consult on proposals to change the standard Licensing Conditions for Taxis, Private Hire Cars, Taxi Drivers and Private Hire Car Drivers, to consider whether the existing conditions should be altered. A report was presented to the Council's Regulatory...More
The City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian Board know that we can do more to bring children and young people’s health, education and social work services together and manage them in a more joined-up way.
Edinburgh has lots of services for children, young people, parents and carers...More
The Council has been working with the Royal Caledonian Horticulture Society, the Friends of Saughton Park and the local community to develop plans to improve Saughton Park.
The proposals aim to revitalise the park and include the restoration of the walled gardens, bandstand and winter...More
Each year Leith Neighbourhood Partnership gives the decision-making power on the allocation of community grants over the people of Leith in a programme called £eith decides. The fifth £eith decides took place in February when 1,625 people made the decision to allocate £22,092 to 25 local...More
The Council has proposed certain changes to the licensing requirements for second hand dealers.
The proposed conditions cover all second hand dealers, including those dealing in clothing and textiles.
The proposed conditions aim to help to modernise and improve the Licensing Service.
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This issues paper presents background research on student housing. It asks for your views to inform a revision in how the Council manages the housing requirements of the city’s growing number of students. It specifically asks about the support given to:
the growth of learning in the...More
Regular users of the Union Canal Towpath will have noticed a lot of construction activity near the eastern part of the canal. The site between Gibson Terrace and Viewforth is where the new Boroughmuir High School is being built, opening in August 2016.
Part of the contract to build the school...More
The City of Edinburgh Council has taken a step back from implementing a £600,000 reduction for the Public Conveniences budget, which would have resulted in the closure of 22 public toilets across the city.
However, a budget decision was taken in 2011 to remove £300,000 from the service...More
The City of Edinburgh Council would like to find out what parents and carers think about out of school care services – after school clubs, breakfast clubs, holiday provision and child minders. We'd like to know which services parents/carers use, what they think about them and if there is...More
The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 has been introduced which promotes a proactive approach to Flood Risk Management. All possible sources of flooding are now being identified and possible areas of flooding considered on a catchment wide basis to ensure that any action taken does not...More
The City of Edinburgh Council held a consultation meeting with providers on Tuesday 19th May 2015 on the Specification of Requirements for the new Care at Home contract.
The Council would welcome comments from interested parties and you are requested to respond by Monday 8 th June 2015.
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There are now a lot more young children in Portobello and Joppa than ten years ago. The local school Towerbank Primary is much busier. More pupils start primary 1 than leave P7 every year. The building is nearly full and there is a limit to how many classes that we can run. If we make the...More
Edinburgh is a city of contrasts, with high levels of both prosperity and poverty. It is vibrant, culturally diverse and exciting, but with areas of significant inequality and deprivation.
‘Inclusive Edinburgh’ is being set up to tackle some of the problems faced by people with complex...More
The online survey aims to find out more about how local young people use Colinton Mains Park and how they would like to use it in future. The background to the survey is a petition by a group of local young people calling for a skatepark in the park. Although the petition has more than 60...More
What is this consultation about?
Changes to social care law mean that people will now have a personal budget based on an assessment of their needs. The council wants to hear your views on how we work out how people make a contribution to their personal budget. This is called charging....More
This survey gives you the chance to let us know what you think about the quality of some new or changed buildings in the City Centre and South of Edinburgh. The survey includes ten short video-clips and it takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.
The survey asks two questions:
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This survey gives you the chance to let us know what you think about the quality of some new or changed buildings in South West Edinburgh and Pentlands. The survey includes six short video-clips and it takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.
The survey asks two questions:
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This survey gives you the chance to let us know what you think about the quality of some new or changed buildings in the East of Edinburgh. The survey includes seven short video-clips and it takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.
The survey asks two questions:
How well...More
This survey gives you the chance to let us know what you think about the quality of some new or changed buildings in the North and West of Edinburgh. The survey includes six short video-clips and it takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.
The survey asks two questions:
How...More