The City of Edinburgh Council

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) says that Edinburgh Council did not notify them about data inaccuracies. The city council said the absence...

Edinburgh’s freeze on council house allocations will be extended to March 2027, as it has been revealed that 646 homeless people and households could...

Towards the end of 2024, Edinburgh Council commissioned Edinburgh Lothian Greenspace Trust (ELGT) to construct a boardwalk at Cramond. It has since transpired that...

Edinburgh's bus company, Lothian, is to be asked to explore providing free bus travel for family and carers of patients at the Royal Hospital...

An SNP councillor has accused the council leader of being "clueless" about cash which has not been collected from Low Emission Zone (LEZ) fines...

The EdinTravel team at The City of Edinburgh Council's publishes the list of the city streets where roadworks are planned or diversions laid. The measures...

The GMB union says that the mismanagement at a council-run Edinburgh care home is putting the health and safety of residents at risk. The union...

Permission has been granted for an Orange Walk to take place in Edinburgh in June. Edinburgh councillors at a licensing meeting approved the notification of...

Leith locals have hit out at plans to build a five-storey block of flats in the car park of an Edinburgh hotel which they...

The cycle hire scheme which is being trialled in Edinburgh for two years is to expand to include Stockbridge and Inverleith. Since September last...

Cars and small coaches will be allowed to continue to access the public realm area, St James Square, outside the W Hotel at St...

Councillors have agreed the package of capital projects which will be paid for by the Visitor Levy in the City Operations and Infrastructure section The...

The council's Edintravel team lists roadworks and street closures and then publishes an updated version on Fridays. Here is the latest. The measures listed include...

The licensing committee has deferred a decision on licensing a comedy, music, arts and craft space on George Square Lane. Uplands Roast applied for a...

Edinburgh gym owners have explained how they run their business to councillors after trading for 24 hours a day without permission. At Monday’s licensing committee...

Edinburgh businesses are invited to meet with dozens of council services and business-facing partners face-to-face next week. Meet the Council will be held on Tuesday...

Action is being demanded after a report revealed that the time one Edinburgh bus route takes has increased by 50% in the last two...

Edinburgh councillors have responded to a shock £15 million cut for community organisations in Scotland, including almost £3m in the capital. The cuts come as...

Reports of a pub boss ‘revving his motorbike past one in the morning’ for customers were heard by councillors before they denied him a...

A new hotel in a former office building on Albany Street has been granted a premises licence, allowing it to serve alcohol when it...

Planning applications lodged with the council's planning department up to this week are detailed in the list embedded below. There are no large scale applications,...

The large scale public realm project in George Street and First New Town will at long last become a reality, thanks to funding raised...

The council's Edintravel team publishes news of roadworks and street closures each week. The measures listed include diversions for traffic in Edinburgh due to...

Councillors will be asked to approve works to improve a play area at a local primary school. Concerns have been raised over the play area...

Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust (ELGT) completed a new £50,000 boardwalk at Cramond last May, but it was built without planning consent of any...

Planning applications lodged with the council's planning department up to this week are detailed in the list embedded below. Applications of note include a hotel...

Edinburgh councillors get back to attending meetings this week at the City Chambers. Monday, 12th January, 2026 Tuesday, 13th January, 2026 9.30 am Meeting of Licensing Sub-Committee on 13/01 at 9.30 am -...

Each week The City of Edinburgh Council's travel team publishes a list of the city streets where roadworks are planned. The measures listed include road...

More passengers used buses and trams in Edinburgh last year. Some 130 million customer journeys were recorded by Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams. The number...

Edinburgh Council may ask The Scottish Government to explore "more progressive" regimes for council tax, if councillors approve a draft response to a government...