What makes a good place?

Closes 5 Jan 2026

Opened 10 Oct 2025

Contact

cityplan2040@edinburgh.gov.uk

Overview

This questionnaire is asking about where you live in Edinburgh:

  • How would you score it?
  • What you like about it?
  • What would make it better?

It covers the key things that make a good place to live such as housing, local shops and services, healthcare, open space, play, community space, jobs and public transport.

You can answer the questions as an individual or as a group.

You don’t have to answer all the questions or provide detailed answers.

It will take 10 minutes to complete.

Graphic showing colourful icons of what you might see in an area (coffee cup, bus, house, sports pitch etc)

Why do we want to know?

We are starting to think about the plans for how Edinburgh develops and changes in the future.

We know that Edinburgh is not just one place, but it is made up of many different areas. Each area has its good points, bad points and challenges.

We will use the results of this questionnaire to get an understanding of each area and what we need to plan for: what needs to be protected and what might be needed.

As part of other consultations, we have already asked people what they think about their communities and how they would like to see them develop. We will use that feedback, but we also need to fill in the gaps and make sure we have heard from everywhere in the city.

Need a bit more information?

We are preparing our next local development plan which will be City Plan 2040. This plan is a legal requirement for all Councils and includes certain formal steps which we must do. The results of this questionnaire will feed into one of those steps: the Evidence Report. You can find out more about City Plan 2040 on our website.

For the Evidence Report, we are putting together Place Profiles for different areas of Edinburgh. These will tell the story of what it is like to live in that area. The results of this questionnaire will feed into these Place Profiles.

The Evidence Report including the Place Profiles will be used to prepare the proposed City Plan 2040 which will include how we plan the different areas of Edinburgh.

Some of the questions focus on outdoor play and these will inform our Play Sufficiency Assessment which will tell us about the quality, quantity and accessibility of play opportunities in Edinburgh.

Need a different language or format?

Please email the Interpretation and Translation Service at its@edinburgh.gov.uk quoting reference 25-1323.

You can also find out more (and fill in a paper version of the questionnaire) by coming along to one of our drop-in events. you can find more details on these in the Events section.

Why your views matter

There’s a chance to win a £50 shopping voucher if you provide your e-mail address at the end of the questionnaire.

You are also helping to shape the future of your area for you, your community and the next generation.

Share your views

Events

Areas

  • All Areas

Audiences

  • Anyone from any background

Interests

  • Adaptation
  • Adult and community learning & development
  • Adults and Older People
  • Area regeneration
  • Building warrants
  • Carbon emissions
  • Carers
  • Children and Families
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Cycling and walking
  • Disabilities
  • Enforcement
  • Fairtrade
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Land and property
  • Local plans and guidelines
  • Looked after and accommodated children
  • Net Zero
  • Nurseries and childcare
  • Offenders
  • Parental engagement
  • Park and ride
  • Parking permits
  • Parking spaces
  • Parking tickets
  • Paying for Care
  • People with addictions
  • People with mental health issues
  • Permissions for development
  • Planning applications
  • Poverty and Inequality
  • Public space
  • Public Transport
  • Road safety
  • Roads and pavements
  • Schools
  • Sustainability
  • Traffic regulation
  • Trams
  • Travel in Edinburgh
  • Youth clubs and participation