Respondents to a public consultation on proposed permanent beach volleyball courts in Portobello have overwhelmingly backed the plans. More than 90% of respondents were either in favour or strongly in favour of the proposals put forward by City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Volleyball Association. Portobello Community Council conducted the consultation between 7 and […]
read moreCity of Edinburgh Council is proposing to consult on changes to the Towerbank Primary School catchment area. The review is being considered due to the increasing number of catchment pupils together with the impact on the school roll from the potential new housing development at Baileyfield. If approved, the consultation would take place with the […]
read moreAt the behest of City of Edinburgh Council, Portobello Community Council has gathered feedback from the community on three options for the replacement of the road surface in Brighton Place. The options consulted upon were:- 1. Full Sett Reconstruction 2. Asphalt Reconstruction 3. Asphalt Overlay The consultation was open for 21 days with […]
read moreInput from local communities is required in refining some of the suggested proposals for the Health Inequalities Grant Programme. To enable this discussion to take place an event will be held at 9.30am-12.30pm on Thursday 12 March 2015 in the McDonald Rooms Conference Centre, 95 McDonald Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4NS. If you need any further […]
read moreEdinburgh’s budget challenge – your feedback Thank you to those of you who took part in the budget engagement which closed in December 2014. Over the 11 weeks we received a record level of feedback, more than five times that of last year. This included: • 1,719 responses to the online planner • 782 telephone […]
read moreCity of Edinburgh Council Review of Community Access to Schools Overview 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 […]
read morePortobello Community Council is keen to hear what you think about proposals to establish permanent beach volleyball courts courts in Portobello. The proposed courts – which could be sited on the beach or within Straiton Place Park – would be available to all: local people; local schools as well as club members and established beach […]
read moreCity of Edinburgh Council is seeking your views on a school streets pilot scheme designed to improve the environment around schools and encourage safer and healthier ways for pupils to travel to and from school. The pilot schemes will prohibit traffic on streets outside or around school entrances at specific times of day. The benefits sought from […]
read moreEdinburgh 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. Locally Duddingston Primary and St John’s RC Primary would be included in the first phase, with Towerbank in the second. https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/school-streets-project-proposed-experimental-traff There […]
read moreThe Council’s Budget Consultation closes tomorrow – Friday 19 December. Please make sure you have your say on how you think spending should be allocated. Go to: Edinburgh’s budget challenge!
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