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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.
This is a list of community council areas established in each of the council areas of Scotland. As of 2012–3, there are 1,369 community council areas in Scotland, of which 1,129 (82%) have active community councils. There are also 3 Neighbourhood Representative Structures established in Dundee as alternatives to community councils. Scottish community councils date from 1976, when they were ...
The Town Council took over the north range in 1811 as the City Chambers and by 1893 had bought the whole building. [ 7 ] The City Chambers initially housed Edinburgh Town Council from 1893 to 1895, when that body was replaced by Edinburgh Corporation.
Leith is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. [2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects three councillors. Its territory is located north-east of the city centre bounded by the coast on the Firth of Forth , pertaining to the heart of the port and former independent ...
But around 650 homeless people live in accommodation without a HMO licence and council officials trying to rehome them said about 10% of them could be temporarily moved outside of Edinburgh if ...
The City of Edinburgh Council has voted to introduce a charge for visitors in a move expected to raise tens of millions of pounds each year. The Scottish capital will become the first city in the ...
City Centre is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. [2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it elects four Councillors. As its name suggests, the ward's territory is based around a compact area in the centre of Edinburgh , including Calton Hill , the Canongate , Haymarket , Lauriston ...
List of schools in Edinburgh is a list of schools in the City of Edinburgh council area of Scotland. It lists schools both within Edinburgh itself, and in outlying villages within the local government boundary.