The City of Edinburgh Council is the planning authority for Edinburgh, responsible for assessing applications for planning consent. As part of this process, the Council’s Planning service currently offers pre-application advice. Pre-application advice is advice given to an applicant before...More
The Positive Pathways Programme will have a budget of £9M to fund projects that will develop and run activities which are supportive to ex- forces mental health and wellbeing, further information can be found in the Positive Pathways consultation document . The consultation will run until...More
Sciennes 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 Poverty Commission was launched in November 2018 and will be working throughout this year to define the steps the city needs to make to reduce, mitigate, and prevent poverty in Edinburgh.
The Commission is an independent group, chaired by Jim McCormick of Joseph...More
The new replacement Castlebrae High School is currently being developed through Hub South East Scotland, on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council. A summary of our proposals is contained in the PDF at the end of the web page (see under RELATED)
The following paper responds to the...More
Views are sought on the proposed improvements necessary to Dowies Mill Weir, River Almond, Cramond/Barnton, Edinburgh to enable better passage of migratory fish.
Owners of such barriers to fish migration are required by statute to consider removal (preference) or improvement to...More
Davidson's Mains 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...More
The City of Edinburgh Council proposes to introduce a new signalised pedestrian crossing facility on Corstorphine Road, east of Kaimes Road. A preliminary design has been developed for the scheme. More
The UK Government Consultation Paper complements the Strategy for our Veterans, by gathering information to inform how it could be implemented across the UK except for devolved matters in Scotland and Wales, against the backdrop of what is already delivered. It is aimed at anyone with an...More
This consultation is the second stage of a 3 stage engagement process to produce a development framework and delivery masterplan for Granton Waterfront. Click here to view the results of stage 1 of the consultation "Tell us more about Granton Waterfront"
In March 2018, the Council...More
It was agreed on June 19, 2018 at the Culture and Communities Committee to produce a new Physical Activity and Sport Strategy for the period 2019-2023. More
The Council is responsible for the conservation and management of built heritage in the city including the designation of conservation areas as areas of special architectural or historic interest.
The South Side Conservation Area was originally designated in May 1975. A...More
Stakeholders are invited to comment upon the existing Scheme for Community Councils and provide suggestions for improvement. The existing Scheme is available on the City of Edinburgh Council webpage. More
The initial concept design is an exciting step forward for the George Street and First New Town Design project.
Edinburgh’s First New Town is the rectangular area of wide Georgian streets and squares between Princes Street and Queen Street. This project focusses...More
Section 349 of the Gambling Act 2005 requires licensing authorities to publish a Statement of the Principles that they propose to apply in exercising their functions under the Act, for a three year period. More
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
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
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
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