Little France Park (LFP) is the city’s newest park reclaiming unmanaged grassland for the local community and carving out a green corridor from the city centre to Midlothian. It is a new corridor for wildlife whilst offering a network of paths, cycleways all spread across 45 hectares.
The L ittle France Park Management Plan will help explain the value of the site as a parkland and provide direction over its future management. The layout and setting of...More
The City of Edinburgh Council is reviewing its Local Development Plan.
A Local Development Plan sets out locations for new homes and businesses, protect places of value, and ensure essentials for a good quality of life are in place - such as public transport, schools and green space.
When we prepare a new local development plan we are not starting from scratch. Our current Edinburgh Local Development Plan was adopted in 2016.
Our next plan 'City Plan 2030' will be...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 Colinton Conservation Area was originally designated in October 1977. A Character Appraisal for the Conservation Area was published in 1999 . C haracter Appraisals are designed to help manage change in the area.
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The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (the “2015 Act”) came into force on 17 June 2015. The 2015 Act requires that each local authority has published allotment regulations pertaining to the cultivation, maintenance and inspection of allotments and that public consultation takes place before the regulations are brought into force. The new regulations are intended to meet the requirements of the 2015 Act within Edinburgh.
We would like to hear your views on the Draft...More
The Water of Leith, Edinburgh’s river, is a beautiful, dynamic and much loved part of our city. With hundreds of stakeholders, landowners and user groups, a management plan is needed to provide direction over the future management of the river, especially in the context of a changing climate and increasing pressure on the resource from development and by user groups.
The setting of objectives and priorities will give clarity to the programming of works along the river and a...More
The Council proposes to install a footpath build out on Kirk Brae, north of Orchardhead Road to improve pedestrian mobility and safety.
In 2017, the Council consulted on the removal of the existing traffic island outside No.52 Kirk Brae to address road safety concerns that had been raised.
It is proposed to progress the island removal works in conjunction with the delivery of the new footpath build out.
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A Proposal of Application Notice ( Reference 19/04682/PAN ) was lodged on the 4th October 2019 to carry out statutory public consultations following the approval of the Place Brief. The Council held the first consultation PAN event to help develop proposals for the site on the 23rd and 24th October. This is the first event that the Council will run over a three month period which will help inform subsequent planning applications. If you missed this event you can view the materials that were...More
Craigroyston 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 with any results.
Please complete this survey by Tuesday 22nd October.
Many thanks for your help.
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The Council owns around 120 acres of developable land within the Granton Waterfront area, creating a unique opportunity to work in collaboration with key partners and the community to deliver exemplar regeneration.
Previous failed attempts to develop Granton highlight the importance of a strategic approach to the funding and delivery of major infrastructure. The Council has prepared a development framework which will serve as guidance for all those who wish to develop in the...More
The City of Edinburgh Council, as a Licensing Authority, is required to appoint taxi stances in line with the provisions of S.19 (1) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (‘the 1982 Act’).
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The City of Edinburgh Council reviews taxi fares every 18 months and must consult on any proposals to change the taxi fare tariff.
The suggested new taxi tariff includes the following changes:
an increase of 40p on the initial charge (all tariffs)
an additional increase of 3.3% on increments thereafter (Tariffs 1 & 2)
the 'additional passenger charge' to increase to 30p
In addition the wording relating to 'soiling' and the Christmas...More
Following a recent review of the boundaries of the New Town and Dean Conservation Areas, it has been noted that Belgrave Mews, including the small run of properties to its outer-edge that front onto Dean Bank, is not included within the boundaries of either conservation areas.
The review assessed the architectural and historic interest of these buildings, their overall character, and their historic links with the larger townhouses situated...More
Have you had experience of using health or social care services, we would like your involvement?
We are looking to recruit two citizen 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 Lothian for the delivery of these services ...More
Are you a carer with lived experience of caring for someone?
The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board is looking for one carer representative to provide a carer perspective to the Partnership.
The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (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
Dalmeny 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 with any results.
Many thanks for your help.
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About Leith Walk / Halmyre Street Site
The site is an area of partially vacant land and buildings to the east of Leith Walk linking through to Halmyre Street and Manderston Street. The area has three main landowners and there are aspirations for the redevelopment of parts of the site. We are seeking to ensure that future development on this site is co-ordinated.
The Council will be hosting a number of consultation events to allow the public,...More
The Pentland Hills Regional Park (PHRP) is a living, changing environment and has evolved as a mixed land use resource which is an important leisure, economic, community and heritage asset to the capital city and the surrounding Lothians.
With this evolution comes increasing and changing pressures and demands on the Pentland Hills Regional Park management and the other key stakeholders seeking to balance recreation and enjoyment with economic demands and the conservation of the...More
Residents expressed concern about road safety in Braid Road. Following meetings to collate their concerns, drawings of potential Short, Medium and Long term proposals to address these were presented and commented upon at a Progress Meeting on 31 January 2017.
Those who attended were asked to consider the drawings and give their opinion of the proposals; using self adhesive labels, to indicate -
Green – a positive response
Blue – a poor response
Orange – where there...More
Housing is important to people and their quality of life. The City of Edinburgh Council is a landlord for almost 20,000 council tenants in the city; it’s essential that we understand tenants’ views to help shape and improve housing conditions and services.
The Tenant Participation Strategy
Through the Tenant Participation Strategy , we want to make sure that tenants really:
know the different ways they can become involved ...More
Thank you again for attending and participating in the Diveristy and Inclusion Training Session hosted at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on 12th December 2019. We would much appreciate your feedback as it will help us improve the planning and delivery of future sessions.
With thanks,
Beata (CEC) + Tim, Reham, Ross (Adopt an Intern Team)
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We are proposing to build new housing in Moredunvale and Craigour and improve shared public spaces. This housing would be a mixture of homes to rent and buy including affordable housing to meet citywide housing need. The map below shows the area we are proposing to develop.
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Thank you for taking part in this two part survey.
1. Annual Review of Major Events in Parks 2018/19.
Edinburgh parks play host to a huge array of events every year and we recognise 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 impacted in some way. In addition, we need to ensure that the quality of the parks and greenspaces across the city are maintained to the highest...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 Marchmont Conservation Area was originally designated on 9 January 1987. The boundary was amended on 29 March 1996 to include the Meadows, Bruntsfield Links and immediately surrounding streets. Article 4 Directions were approved in 1996.
The Conservation Area was...More
Tourism is one of the city’s biggest success stories, attracting 4.3 million visits a year. The sector directly employs over 33,000 of the city’s 513,000 residents creating opportunities for residents from across our communities, upskilling our workforce and attracting talent from all over the world. It also has many indirect benefits through the wide and varied supply chain across Scotland that services the tourism sector here in the city. For the continued economic success of...More
Throughout 2019 the Edinburgh Poverty Commission is working to define the steps the city needs to make to end poverty in Edinburgh.
The Commission is an independent group, made up of 12 people with experience of tackling poverty and its effects, including citizens who have direct experience of living in poverty in Edinburgh.
During the first two phases of our work we heard evidence on the themes of ‘Pockets’ and ‘Prospects’. In these phases we heard...More
The accommodation at Kirkliston Primary School is under pressure from rising rolls in the area. Projections indicate additional accommodation is required to support the rising roll.
Informal consultation has reinforced the community’s view that a new primary school is not supported because it would divide the community.
Accordingly, it is proposed to establish an annexe of the primary school on the leisure centre site, some 500 metres from the school, which will...More
St. Mark's Primary would like to know what you think about your school journey. With the nursery growing and pupil, parents and neighbours concerned about levels of congestion, pollution affecting health and the safety of children, we need to look at ways of reducing the number of vehicles coming close to school. 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...More
The Council aims to provide catchment school places for pupils living within a catchment area. New housing developments are progressing within the Queensferry Primary School catchment area but there will not be enough capacity at the school to accommodate the additional pupils .
It is proposed that the catchment boundary between Queensferry Primary School and Echline Primary School will be realigned so that existing housing areas currently within the catchment area of...More
Council tenants have your say!
You said you wanted us to spend your rent money on building more homes, improving the quality of our existing homes and investing in services to help reduce living costs.
Tell us how we’ve done so far and what we should do next.
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