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Student Housing Engagement
Thank you for your interest in filling out the survey on student living in Edinburgh. We would really appreciate your views. If you fill out the survey, you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 (all purpose) voucher. Just remember to leave your e-mail address at the end. Having somewhere safe and secure to call home whilst studying is essential to support your health and wellbeing so you can focus on your studies and enjoy being a student in Edinburgh. We... MoreOpened 21 March 2025 -
Statement of Licensing Policy - Assessment of Overprovision
The Licensing Board has a legal duty to carry out an assessment of whether there is overprovision of licensed premises within its area. The Board may decide that its whole area is overprovided, that specific localities are overprovided, or that there are no overprovision localities in its area. In May 2024 the Board sought views and information on overprovision and the current policy. A range of written responses were received and the Board held evidence sessions to consider... MoreOpened 24 March 2025 -
Developer Contributions Supplementary Guidance - Status of the Guidance
On 11 December 2024 Planning Committee approved finalised statutory Supplementary Guidance (SG) on Developer Contributions and Infrastructure Delivery. This followed an eight-week consultation period. The consultation responses and the Council’s response to these were appended to that report. The SG was then submitted as required to the Scottish Ministers for their consideration on 13 December. On 3 February 2025 the Scottish Government wrote to the Council to direct that the... MoreOpened 3 April 2025 -
Community Payback Consultation 2025
Please share your views on Community Payback Orders (CPO). These are handed down by the Court to people to pay for their crimes as an alternative to a prison sentence. In particular, we would like to know what you think about the unpaid work part of a CPO, which replaced community service in 2011. This is when an individual who has committed an offence does unpaid work within the community. Do you have any experience of people doing unpaid work... MoreOpened 22 April 2025 -
Third Sector Support Review
The Edinburgh Partnership is conducting a review of how it supports and works with third sector organisations in Edinburgh. This includes how we deliver grant funding and commissioning, how we ask third sector organisations to monitor and report on what they do, and what in-kind support we provide. We recognise that a well-functioning third sector is essential for Edinburgh, and that third sector organisations are our partners in delivery of a vast range of services to all... MoreOpened 29 April 2025 -
Affordable Housing Policy Guidance consultation
In 2000, Edinburgh was the first local authority to introduce an Affordable Housing Policy (AHP) in Scotland. The Council’s AHP sets the parameters for a percentage of land or homes to be affordable, supporting and enabling delivery of new affordable housing in the city. Currently Edinburgh has higher housing costs than the Scottish average across all tenure types. Rents and property prices in Edinburgh are also higher than average, while the percentage of social rented homes in... MoreOpened 30 April 2025 -
Licensing Board – Gambling Policy
The Licensing Board is consulting on the terms of its Gambling Policy Statement. The policy statement forms the basis upon which the Board considers applications for premises licences for venues such as betting shops, bingo halls, casinos, gaming machines in entertainment centres and pubs, and a range of other matters. The policy does not cover matters which are the responsibility of the Gambling Commission and in addition the Licensing Board has a separate policy on alcohol... MoreOpened 12 May 2025 -
Edinburgh Integration Joint Board draft strategic plan - easy read
Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (IJB) has a new plan. The plan is for three years, from April 2025 to March 2028. The IJB wants to give people the best health and care services. They also want to make sure that they do not spend more money than they have. They want Edinburgh to be safer, healthier, and fairer. Many people and groups in Edinburgh helped make this plan. The IJB wants to know if you agree with their plan. They want to know if you think their goals are... MoreOpened 12 May 2025 -
Walking, wheeling and cycling improvements in Currie
Local housing developments have provided contributions to improve access from these developments to Curriehill train station. The City of Edinburgh Council wants to make the most of these contributions and intends to provide additional support to improve walking, wheeling and cycling to important destinations in the area. For instance, the primary cycle route near Curriehill station (blue circle in the image below) passes Currie Primary School, Currie Community High School and... MoreOpened 26 May 2025 -
Marionville Road walking, wheeling and cycling improvements
We would like to hear your views on our proposals to improve Marionville Road between its junctions with Marionville Avenue and Wishaw Terrace. These will make it safer and easier for anyone walking, wheeling or cycling in the area, linking to the improvements we have planned for Smokey Brae. Marionville Road is an important residential street into and out of the city from the east, which also has a link into Lochend Park. This section of Marionville Road forms part of the wider ... MoreOpened 2 June 2025 -
The City of Edinburgh Council's Community Wealth Building Plan
The City of Edinburgh Council is developing its approach to Community Wealth Building (CWB). This is a form of economic development that aims to build a fairer and stronger local economy that works for everyone. It does so by supporting the creation and retention of wealth in local economies, and by giving local people more control over that wealth. The Council is currently developing a plan to set out its priority Community Wealth Building actions. As part of this... MoreOpened 3 June 2025 -
Review of polling districts and polling places 2025
We are currently reviewing the provision of polling districts and polling places serving elections within Edinburgh. Our last review was undertaken in 2020. Based on feedback, an outcome of that review was to reduce the use of schools as polling places. A report to Council on 10 February 2022 made further changes which ended the use of schools as polling places. We want to make it easy for you to vote and to remove or reduce any physical barriers you might face. ... MoreOpened 5 June 2025 -
Local Events Open Fund 2025/26
To support the aims of the Edinburgh Event Strategy, the City of Edinburgh Council has launched the Local Events Open Fund 2025/26. This fund underlines the Council’s commitment to the local creative sector and will support events that demonstrate: Commitment to communities; Display environmental responsibility; and Apply fair work and equality, diversity and inclusion principles. Priority will be given to... MoreOpened 9 June 2025 -
Proposed Lease of Common Good Property: Area of Ground adjacent to Tall Oaks Gyle Park Edinburgh EH12 8LJ
The City of Edinburgh Council is proposing to dispose of, by lease, of an area of ground which forms part of its Common Good property adjacent to Tall Oaks, Gyle Park, Edinburgh to Corstorphine Dynamo FC, a registered SCIO as part of a wider redevelopment to provide a new MUGA and associated facilities. Under section 104 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, we are required to publish details of any proposed disposal or change of use in respect of property held as part of the... MoreOpened 10 June 2025
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