No new major planning applications in the Portobello area have been submitted or decided in the last week. The following applications have been decided: 15/01184/FUL has been refused: Use of premises as hot food takeaway (sui generis), at 3 Brighton Place 15/00746/FUL has been granted: One-and-a-half storey side extension and single storey rear extension with […]

The Police and Fire Scrutiny Committee, at their meeting on 1 May 2015, agreed that the following Performance Reports be made available:   1. Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), City of Edinburgh Performance Report – End of Year to 31 March 2015 2. Police Performance Report for Edinburgh – April 2014 to March 2015 […]

Dear All   Rev. Dr. Stewart G. Weaver Minister of Portobello and Joppa Parish Church tells me they are marking 70th Anniversary of VE Day.  The Church will be open from 2.30pm-3.30pm TODAY, Friday 8 May, to mark the victory of Allied Forces in Europe at the end of WW2.  As at the Cenotaph and […]