The City of Edinburgh Council

Edinburgh councillors have authorised the screening of uncertified films at the Filmhouse as part of a university degree show. A report submitted by officers requested...

After a lunchtime meeting on Monday, the Green group on Edinburgh council have chosen two new co-conveners to head up the group from today...

The current group leader of the SNP on The City of Edinburgh Council, Cllr Simita Kumar, is stepping down from her leadership role after...

Edinburgh Council is encouraging families of children with disabilities and additional support needs to apply for Holiday Help provision. The Council has offered Holiday Hubs...

The City of Edinburgh Council has settled out of court with its legal advisers, DLA Piper, according to an officers' report. The report states: “The...

The route for a possible Hearts' title parade on Sunday has been published ahead of the Jambos' all-or-nothing title decider at Parkhead, with significant...

THE TWO co-conveners of the Scottish Green group on the City of Edinburgh Council have stepped back following gains for the Greens in the Holyrood election. Long-serving councillor Chas Booth always...

THE SNP Group on The City of Edinburgh Council will have a new leader from next week, Simita Kumar was elected as the MSP...

The City of Edinburgh Council is planning to introduce two new nature reserves, with a third which might be expanded. Under new plans, Wester Craiglockhart Hill and Little France would be designated as Local...

Edinburgh councillors have voted to remove several traffic filters in the Braid Estate after written errors by council officers made most filters ineligible for...

Councillors will decide on Tuesday afternoon whether to remove traffic filters in the Braid Estate, after another "inaccurate written description" in a council report...

The Place Hotel which is made up of several townhouses on York Place has applied to The City of Edinburgh Council for permission to...

Campaign groups for and against traffic calming measures in the Braids area have offered their reactions following Edinburgh council's latest published proposals. Officers recommend that...

Edinburgh Council has beaten its affordable housing target with almost 1,500 delivered in the last financial year. In 2025/26, 1,473 houses were completed or purchased...

The fall out from a planning application to convert four townhouses in Atholl Crescent to a hostel continues. The multi-million pound plans for the development...

The Category B-listed Rose Theatre on Rose Street, in the New Town, will be converted into a 43-bedroom hotel with a rooftop cafe and...

The Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership has agreed to pay all adult social care workers the Real Living Wage from 1 April. All workers...

Two community groups on either side of the New Town are sharing notes in resisting large scale apart hotel and hostel developments in their...

Edinburgh Council has been forced to act once again after travellers occupied the historic millennia-old Huly Hill site. It appears that the group smashed their way through a fence...

A new scheme with rubbish bins for recycling takeaway cups are being piloted in Edinburgh following a successful pilot in Dundee and Glasgow.  There are new bins installed...

Council officers have confirmed that there will be improvements to waiting times at junctions. This follows work to improve the time pedestrians have to...

A ‘loophole’ allowing short-term lets to operate without planning controls will be explored after a decision by Edinburgh councillors. A motion at Thursday’s full council...

An Edinburgh private hire driver who kept his licence despite drug convictions has now been struck from the landlord register, meaning he can no...

Drivers were complaining that they are not allowed to access bus gates, and they do not get the professional recognition they think they deserve. Although...

Some traffic signals in Edinburgh have been changed to give pedestrians more time to cross. Timings of all individual pedestrian crossings have been checked and...

Edinburgh’s trams carried 12.5 million passengers in 2025, marking an increase of 3.3 percent from 2024. Almost 1.5 million passengers travelled on the tram in...

Councillors will consider plans to put dedicated coach pay-and-display parking in Edinburgh to keep buses from parking on city centre streets. Under proposals by officers,...

Green councillor, Chas Booth, has called for the next meeting of the Transport and Environment Committee (TEC) to reconsider an earlier decision on the...

Planning applications lodged with the council's planning department up to this week are detailed in the list embedded below. Applications which are of interest this...

Edinburgh Council has announced a partnership to plant 700 native trees in the capital as part of its ambition to become a Million Tree...