Your Prom Needs You! Like the Friends of Figgate Park, the Friends of Porty Prom & Beach want to make a difference. We are a group of locals aiming to change our prom for the better. We need your thoughts and ideas on what the prom needs! Maybe more toilets or a climbing wall, […]
A request for permission to demolish the former George Cinema and Bingo Hall at 14 Bath St, Portobello, has been refused by City of Edinburgh Council Development Management Committee. At a hearing in the City Chambers on Wednesday, 21 February, the committee agreed unanimously that the application for partial demolition of the building to make way for 20 flats be […]
18/00454/FUL: Redevelopment of site to create a mixed use development comprising of a smaller food retail unit and 11no new build flats and installation of a new shopfront. at 8A Milton Road West, Edinburgh, EH15 1LF. Expiry date Thu 08 Mar 2018. https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/simpleSearchResults.do?action=firstPage 18_00454_FUL-MILTON_ROAD_WEST_-_PLANNING_STATEMENT-3844235.pdf 18_00454_FUL-_05__PROPOSED_SITE_PLAN-3844226.pdf 18_00454_FUL-_07__PROPOSED_CONTEXT_AND_RETAIL_ELEVATIONS-3844228.pdf 18_00454_FUL-_10__PROPOSED_FLATS_ELEVATIONS-3839460.pdf
Join us for our drop-in design weekend February News Dear Action Porty Members and Supporters, The hall at Bellfield came alive again recently with an inter-generational event, Portobello Love Stories. Organised by Tribe Porty Youth Theatre, Action Porty and Portobello Heritage Trust, it was a lovely afternoon of memory sharing between Portobello Older People’s Project […]
Dear All I love reading all daily news on social media from all our our local primary and secondary schools. They all have Twitter accounts, which they use to great effect. There’s lots of great learning and teaching going on, every day in every single one of them! Tower bank Primary School also have […]
The partial demolition of ex George Bingo in Bath St and development of 20 flats has been recommended for approval by planning officials. The application will be decided at the meeting of the CEC Development Management Sub-Committee next Wednesday 21 Feb. Papers attached. Item_6.2_b____16_06449_LBC___14_Bath_Street_1.pdf Item_6.2_a____16_06447_FUL___14_Bath_Street_1.pdf
A number of Portobello groups and organisations have been recommended to receive funding as part of the You Decide 2018 community grants process. Bidding groups receiving approval from the Portobello and Craigmillar Neighbourhood Partnership include Joppa Tennis Courts – £500 to purchase a defibrillator; Tribe Porty Youth Theatre Film project – £500 to produce 4-minute […]
In early 2017 we asked for your feedback on proposed new play equipment for either the Pirate or Fish Parks on the Prom. New play equipment for the Pirate (Straiton Place) Park was the clear favourite, but delivery of this was delayed because City of Edinburgh Council Services for Communities approach other bodies for funding. […]
All residents of Portobello and the wider area are invited to take part in an open, drop-in event focused on shaping the future of the Pitz/Tumbles site at Westbank Street, Portobello. Where: Portobello Town Hall When: Saturday 3rd March (10am – 5.30pm) and Sunday 4th March (10am – 1pm) The Design Weekend will focus on […]
Dear All On the Powerleague Westbank site, all the due diligence is complete on the bids. Portobello Community Council and Portobello Amenity Society representatives had a key role in scoring the bids through their Participation Requests, as intended by the Community Empowerment Act. The recommendation to the Council’s Finance and Resources Committee on 27 […]
