Porty Community Energy are arranging a Heat Fair and Hot Ceilidh at Bellfield on 5th November from 2pm – 10pm. See the attached flyer for details. PCE_flyer A5

Further to the recent implementation of an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order in the Brunstane Road and Coillesdene area, the City of Edinburgh Council has made a new public consultation live today to gather views on the trial scheme. It will close on 1 November 2022. Link: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/coillesdene

The 396th meeting of the Portobello Community Council will be held on Monday 26th September 2022 at 7:30 pm at Portobello Baptist Church, 189 Portobello High St, Portobello, Edinburgh EH15 1EA Please note that this meeting is dedicated to the proposed CPZ (Controlled Parking Zone) and other traffic matters so there will be limited time […]

Portobello Community Council are working with the City of Edinburgh Council and the other 3 community councils which border on Seafield to ensure that any development along the region involves the local communities that the development will impact. As such we have agreed to sign an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) which is published in draft […]

The next stage in the New Brunstane Development has now reached the planning department and the public are invited to comment here: https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Application Using the reference 22/03946/AMC Please note that the planning for New Brunstane has already been agreed. This is the next stage where material concerns are addressed. Comments are open until Friday September […]

Exploring Sustainable Fashion, 8th to 11th September 1-4pm Portobello Baptist Church is curating a display of clothes which will be open to the public from Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th September (1pm to 4pm). In today’s world of “fast” fashion, which is having such a harmful impact on our planet, we want to celebrate “slow” […]

The City of Edinburgh Council have given us the following information re the arrangements for bin collections post strike Trade Unions have suspended planned strike action from 6 – 14 September while their members vote on whether or not to accept the most recent national pay offer. We have updated our recovery plan to take […]

At the August meeting of Portobello Community Council we had a presentation by the developer of the land at Southfield Place. They asked us to share this initial projection of their plans. They also pointed out that they are in the design phase at the moment and the below interpretation is subject to change in […]

We have had the following communication from the City of Edinburgh Council regarding the ongoing strikes ‘Bin collections and street cleaning services restarted yesterday following strike action. Our crews are working hard to clear as much waste and litter as they can across the city. However, it’s looking increasingly likely that strike action will commence […]

At the August meeting of the Portobello Community Council, there was a presentation from Commander Kieran Dougal from Police Scotland. He highlighted the work that has been done around Portobello and provided the following video clip. https://biteable.com/watch/3718098/e0a4ae345148f9a5203a5b6c8a95eb09