The following is a summary of responses to questions posed as part of a consultation exercise on Portobello High Street conducted by Portobello Community Council in conjunction with City of Edinburgh Council Planning Department.   Planners wanted to hear views on the shops and services on offer and the street and public spaces.   […]

  Work is now well underway in shaping the new 2017 – 2022 Locality Improvement Plan for North East Edinburgh and it’s important that you can tell us what you think needs to happen in the next 5 years. We are focussing on the themes of Place; Health & Wellbeing; Community Safety; Children, young people […]

The owners of 14 Bath Street – the former bingo hall and George Cinema – would like some quick feedback from the community on revised proposals to convert the building to a residential block of 20 units, parking and related landscaping. The proposals include:-  demolition of the majority of the building  retention of the original […]

The team appointed by The City of Edinburgh Council to take forward the design development of Treverlen Park are holding two exhibitions at St John’s RC Primary School. The first event is Thursday 1 December from 15.30 – 19.30, with a second event, same time and location on 13 December. The park will be built […]

The public are being invited to give their views on a new sports complex to replace the existing Meadowbank Stadium and Sports Centre. New Meadowbank The City of Edinburgh Council is intending to submit a planning application early next year as the kick-start for the project to deliver a modern, fully accessible high quality sports […]

To: Planning Dept City of Edinburgh Council 1 November  2016 16/04122/PPPProposed residential development (including class 8 residential institutions, class 9 houses and sui generis flats) primary school (class 10 non-residential institutions) local centre (including class 1 retail, class 2 financial services, class 3 food and drink, class 10 non residential institutions and class 11 assembly […]

This consultation aims to engage all stakeholders involved with and affected by large events in Edinburgh’s parks.  Local residents and community groups, event organisers, attendees, external services such as police, fire and ambulance plus internal services such as the events team, public safety and neighbourhood teams. The results will be reported to the Transport & […]

  Good Afternoon   To support the Scottish Government gather views from local community groups on their draft Human Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy they have contacted us with a request for assistance in spreading the work about the community events organised.   Specifically they have asked up to share the link below with our stakeholders […]

City of Edinburgh Council is asking for your views on:- 1.  Individuals and community groups becoming more involved in delivering library services 2. Creating better online access to services, so that people don’t feel they have to call or visit neighbourhood offices 3.  Challenging Edinburgh Leisure to continue to deliver quality facilities and programmes of […]

At the community council meeting at the end of May attendees were invited to take part in a brainstorming session regarding the Prom on the topics of Accessibility, Safety, and Amenity.  Attached is an updated presentation, with the information and suggestions from the night collated.   Prom Cycling – minutes 20160530 Prom-Cycling-minutes-20160530.pdf