The City of Edinburgh Council

The group of Scottish Green councillors on The Cuty of Edinburgh Council have elected Cllrs Susan Rae and Chas Booth as their new group...

The Low Emission Zone (LEZ) which will be enforced from today in Edinburgh as well as those in Aberdeen and Dundee will save lives...

Enforcement of the LEZ begins on Saturday Don't get caught out. Enforcement of the Low Emission Zone begins in Edinburgh on Saturday with the automatic...

Over the past month, The City of Edinburgh Council’s Environmental Health team has issued eight Prohibition Notices to businesses and practitioners over three locations...

Edinburgh Council has suspended kerbside glass collections until next week amid delays to pick-ups.  The local authority issued an apology to residents whose bin collections...

It has taken a number of years, but developers AMA lodged a Proposal of Application Notice with the council on 2 May 2024 for...

A member of Edinburgh Council’s administration has criticised the local authority for asking its staff to sign up as volunteer marshals for next month’s...

To learn what is planned for the Edinburgh 900 celebrations Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh visited the City Chambers on...

Plans to stop through traffic from accessing key Edinburgh city centre routes have been hit with delays just three months after they were approved. Council...

The City of Edinburgh Council’s planning department has a backlog of more than 1,600 short-term let applications, leading to “serious questions” over whether the...

Despite repeated assurances from the Transport Convener that all council vehicles accessing the city centre would be compliant with new regulations by the time...

Proposals for five new supported bus services in the west of Edinburgh are set to be discussed at the Transport and Environment Committee next...

The council is to remove the rusty planters placed on Leith Walk as part of Trams to Newhaven. There are 46 planters made of COR-TEN...

Following months of traffic monitoring since Edinburgh Trams started running down Leith Walk, the left hand turn from Leith Walk onto London Road will...

The council installed 330 bus trackers on the street in the last several months, but confusingly the system has not shown up to date...

Edinburgh councillors have reacted furiously after being presented with plans to reduce opening hours at some city libraries, despite them voting against the move...

Using council tax income to plug holes in Edinburgh’s cash-strapped affordable housing projects is among the “big ideas” being mulled by local authority bosses...

Overdue book fines are to be permanently scrapped by Edinburgh libraries – as the council prepares to write off almost £50,000 owed by library...

Edinburgh taxi drivers will no longer be charged by the council to use The Royal Mile on their annual outing. The cab drivers organising this...

The Culture & Communities Committee will hear about council plans to use the Ross Bandstand and raise some much needed income in the process....

Edinburgh Council has decided today that it will run the Edinburgh Convention Bureau in-house. The decision was made after a one year funding offer of...

A network of electric vehicle chargers has been rolled out for car club users in Edinburgh. Newly reappointed Transport Minister, Fiona Hyslop, was in...

Cllr Simita Kumar will lead the SNP group in the City Chambers today at her first full council meeting in the role. She confirmed...

Edinburgh Council’s housing chief has urged Scotland’s new first minister to ensure building more affordable homes is a top priority for his government.  Cllr Jane Meagher...

An events company threatening legal action against The City of Edinburgh Council over its handling of the contract for this year’s Christmas festival has said...

The City of Edinburgh Council is to have a new Chief Executive if the appointment is ratified at the council meeting on Thursday. Paul...

Edinburgh black cab drivers have criticised the council after being asked to pay to have planters on The Royal Mile moved for their annual outing for...

Edinburgh’s Waverley Bridge will reopen to buses after four years. The council will allow limited traffic to return to the bridge during Jenners’ redevelopment, relocating...

An Edinburgh developer has been accused of trying to “wriggle out” of a commitment to build affordable homes after it claimed doing so was no...

The SNP group of councillors in Edinburgh have elected Simita Kumar, who is still in her first term as a councillor, as their new...