Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The City Chambers initially housed Edinburgh Town Council from 1893 to 1895, when that body was replaced by Edinburgh Corporation. It remained the Corporation's headquarters until it was replaced by Edinburgh District Council under the wider Lothian Regional Council in May 1975. [ 8 ]
The council took on its current form in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, replacing the City of Edinburgh District Council of the Lothian region, which had been created in 1975. The history of local government in Edinburgh, however, stretches back much further.
On the courtyard side the architecture echoes the forms of the past but is 100% new. The development won several awards including RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2014, [8] and due to the high planning input of the Planning function of City of Edinburgh it won the RTPI's Best Development on the Ground 2014. [9]
Some homeless people in Edinburgh could be moved out of the city as part of a plan to stop the use of unlicensed temporary accommodation before the end of the month.. City of Edinburgh Council has ...
As one of the unitary local government areas of Scotland, the City of Edinburgh has a defined structure of governance, generally under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with The City of Edinburgh Council governing on matters of local administration such as housing, planning, local transport, parks and local economic development and ...
Lothian Chambers, formerly Midlothian County Buildings, is a municipal structure on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland. The structure, which accommodates the Consulate-General of France and the French Institute for Scotland , is a Category B listed building .
Edinburgh City Chambers is the headquarters of the City of Edinburgh Council. Following local government reorganisation in 1996, the City of Edinburgh Council constitutes one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. [218]
List of Lords Provost in Edinburgh City Chambers. The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is elected by and is the convener of the City of Edinburgh Council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh and honorarily the Admiral of the Firth of Forth.