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Edinburgh Old Town Community Council

Edinburgh Old Town Community Council

All residents of Old Town are very welcome to our meetings. These are held on the second Tuesday of every month, at 6.30pm. To join on Zoom, just email Secretary @ EdinburghOldTownCC dot org dot uk – with your name and home postcode.

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Licencing Research 

Tourist accommodation in Edinburgh Old Town

14th April 202020th April 2020 Old Town Community Council Festivals, Hotels, shops, Short-term lets, student accommodation

We estimate there are up to 30,000 hotel rooms available in Edinburgh. This figure is based on information from the Edinburgh

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Licencing Our Streets Planning Research 

Old Town Community Council profile – produced by City of Edinburgh Council’s planning department. Statistics based on UK Census of 27th March 2011.

9th April 202012th April 2020 Old Town Community Council Census

This page summarises information published by the City of Edinburgh Council’s planning and building standards department in January 2014. “Community

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How many of Scotland’s data zones are covered by Edinburgh Old Town Community Council?

9th April 20209th April 2020 Old Town Community Council Census, Data Zones

Data zones are groups of 2011 Census output areas with populations of around 500 to 1,000 residents. There are 6,976

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Community Council Social Media Guidance

27th March 20208th April 2020 Old Town Community Council

The City of Edinburgh Council received a complaint about how a community council was engaging on Facebook. The complaint highlighted

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Twitter Engagement Report

11th March 202011th March 2020 Old Town Community Council EdXmas, EPSG, Hogmanay, Summertime Streets, Twitter, WPSG

We’ve been tweeting for 2 years and 3 months, over there So how have we been doing?   282,000 impressions 

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Planning Research 

How many days was West Princes Street Gardens not fully available to the public in 2019, free-of-charge?

5th November 201910th November 2020 Old Town Community Council Princes Street Gardens

Brian Ferguson challenged “if it is wise” for us – as the most local tier of elected representation for West

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It’s noisy in your home. But how noisy, is noisy ?

9th August 201911th August 2019 Old Town Community Council Noise

It’s August. And we know what that means. More visitors. More to see. More to do. More to hear. Sounds.

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Licencing Our Streets Planning Research 

Royal mile, Mediocre experience.

25th July 201927th July 2019 Old Town Community Council EWHT, The Royal Mile

Why do people come to Old Town? The Edinburgh World Heritage Trust went out and asked the visitors themselves. Most

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Measuring and Mapping Residents Place Attachment in Edinburgh

15th May 2018 Old Town Community Council

We actively encourage all Edinburgh Old Town residents to take part in the ‘Measuring and Mapping Residents Place Attachment in

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Planning Research We Like this 

Challenging unlawful whole-home short-term lets in Edinburgh

14th April 2018 Old Town Community Council

We are very thankful to @KirstyH11 for sharing her notes on how to challenge unlawful whole-home AirBnBs in your buildings and

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