Update from City of Edinburgh Council, Spaces for People team: Covid-19 Cycling and Walking Emergency Response Measures Proposed waiting/loading restriction changes to facilitate footway widening – Portobello High Street Following our email of 26 June advising that we would notify you once further details were available for the proposals above, we are pleased to be […]

Update from City of Edinburgh Council, Spaces for People team: Covid-19 Cycling and Walking Emergency Response Measures Proposed Traffic Management on Kings Place, Portobello Please be advised that as part of overall emergency measures we are proposing to close Kings Place to traffic and suspend parking in order to re-designate key parts of the road […]

Portobello Online Sandcastle Competition 2020. This year it is all a bit different!   Build time: 11th July – 11th August Judging: 12th – 14th August Awards: 15th August   Winners announced on our Facebook page and on Portobello Community Council website. Please email your entries to: portobellosandcastle@gmail.com   Submission to include:   One photo […]

City of Edinburgh Council have proposed that a large area of Seafield should be considered for allocation as “housing led mixed use development” in the next Local Development Plan. Whilst no plans have yet come forward, changes to the site could have a major impact on North East Edinburgh over the next 10 years. Portobello […]

** re PONGS, clarification of the minute is given in the August 2019 minute.  

** re PONGS, clarification of the minute is given in the August 2019 minute.  

Please see the below proposal from the council. Any feedback on the proposal please send to spacesforpeople@edinburgh.gov.uk Covid-19 Emergency Road  Measures Proposed– Local Town Centres – Portobello Town Centre In Edinburgh, shopping and leisure uses are mainly provided in a network of centres distributed across the city. Out with the City Centre, town centres serve […]

The PPP application for the New Brunstane development has had approval extended, under covid-19 delegated powers. It had previously been approved subject to that legal agreement, which has taken significant time to progress (see attached handling report). There is now a further three months for the legal agreement to be concluded.  Noted in the agenda […]

Update from North East Locality at City of Edinburgh Council on Kings Place, Portobello:   “I wanted to provide you with a progress update to confirm that King’s Place was submitted to the Spaces for People programme and is currently under consideration for the installation of temporary traffic management measures to support safe walking, cycling, […]

Last week, the Council’s Policy and Sustainability Committee discussed a report outlining a city-wide plan for significant changes to the road network to create additional space for people who walk, cycle or use wheelchairs, prams, pushchairs or small mobility vehicles. This is in response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the availability of […]