Dear All   A plug for local resident Nick Bell – he is planning a charity event later this month in aid of the Indreni Children’s Home in Nepal. Nick worked at the children’s home in January and February this year. Although all the children survived the earthquake, the buildings suffered serious damage and the […]

No new major planning applications in the Portobello area have been submitted or decided in the last week. The following applications have been decided: 15/01867/FUL has been granted: First storey side extension over existing garage and new veluxes on the front and rear elevations, at 162 Gilberstoun 15/01824/LBC and 15/01831/FUL have been granted: New fixed frame […]

Please find the results of the Portobello Parking Survey which was conducted following a consultation exercise in 2011, and discussion at the Neighbourhood Partnership in February 2012.   Portobello-Parking-Survey-Results-Report-Condensed-Version.doc

Dear All   A reminder tomorrow is Portobello Market Day, 9.30am – 1 pm  in Brighton Park.  Link here: http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/food/portobello-market/   Portobello Community Council want to hear from anyone aged 10 – 17 in Porty re services and facilities for young people. Please pass this on! bit.ly/1LLD7XD   In conjunction with Active Edinburgh, Portobello-based Edinburgh […]

Portobello Community Council have received an update from Crudens on the Baileyfield ex-Scottish Power site. Detailed planning applications for the developments already consented under the masterplan are expected to be submitted soon. The site will be made secure in the meantime to prevent flytipping and vandalism. It is still their intention to renovate the cottages […]

There will be road closures in Holyrood Park on Thursday 4th June 2015. The specifics of the closures are as follows:   4th June 2015 – Duddingston Low Road in both directions from Commonwealth Pool roundabout to Duddingston Village from 10:00 – 15:00   The reason for the closures is for road maintenance.   If there are any […]

  Communities across Edinburgh are being urged to submit their applications to the City of Edinburgh Council for a Waste Action Grant as the deadline fast approaches. Both small and large grants are available to fund eco-friendly projects that will encourage more people in the Capital to reduce, reuse and recycle. Environmentally conscious householders, community […]

No new major planning applications in the Portobello area have been submitted or decided in the last week. The following application has been decided: 15/01569/FUL has been granted: Extension to rear and conversion of garage to form additional bedroom, at 23 Mountcastle Drive South The following applications have been submitted: 15/02305/FUL: Single storey flat roof […]

Dear All The Portobello Market returns on June 6 in Brighton Park, and Dr Bike will be there to give free bike checks, thanks to BG Cycles.  The Caleerie Buskers will also return to provide a little entertainment as the day goes on. There’s more than 20 traders this month including the arrival of an […]

Art Walk Porty is a new art event being planned for Edinburgh’s Portobello to take place over four days at the end of the summer, to include local artist’s open studios, site specific interventions, a maker’s market and local participating groups and venues that celebrate the public space and artistic activity of Portobello. Interest sought […]