UPDATE: Portobello Community Council submitted an objection to this planning application. The owners of 14 Bath Street – the listed former bingo hall and George Cinema – have submitted a new planning application. This follows previous refusals by the City of Edinburgh Council and on appeal to the Scottish Planning Reporter. The proposal is available […]

Following a discussion and vote at the City of Edinburgh Council Transport and Environment Committee on Thursday 28 January the “Trial Closure of Brunstane Road and Associated Measures to Mitigate Intrusive Traffic in the Coillesdene Area” is being implemented. This will see the road closed at the railway bridge on a trial 18 month basis […]

Portobello Baptist Church’s final foodbank collection ahead of Christmas is Saturday 19 Dec, 2-4PM at 189 Portobello High Street. “We are partnering with Edinburgh City Mission to support the BASICS bank that is run out of Wilson Memorial Church. We are offering the opportunity to drop off food in a safe and physically distant manner […]