This page will contain (links to) information that could be useful to community councillors.

The first set is materials from a training session for community councillors, held on 18 January 2014. Some of these are currently scans, and hence not searchable.

• Frequently-asked questions about CCs
• map of Edinburgh CCs
• CC office-bearers (link to Edinburgh Council web-page)
• map of Neighbourhood Partnerships
• contact details for CC buddies
• CC Guidance Notes 2014
• The planning concordat between Edinburgh council, Edinburgh chamber of commerce and the Edinburgh association of CCs
• Some information about the Edinburgh association of CCs
• Edinburgh Council decision-making structure 2014
• information about the City Centre and Leith neighbourhood team

The following are on the Edinburgh Neighbour partnership Community Council Support and Development web-page:

• Neighbourhood partnerships (from development session on 18 March 2015)
  • an overview of Neighbourhood Partnerships and the role of the Community Council member on the Neighbourhood Partnership
  • Local community planning handbook
  • Leith Neighbourhood Partnership
  • What is community engagement, and why it is important
• Community Engagement (from session on 20 May 2015)
  • presentation
  • handout
• Planning information (from introduction to planning session on 14 October 2015)
  • The Development Plan
  • Planning Enforcement
  • How Planners Make Decisions
  • Major Applications.

There are more resources on Edinburgh Council’s website. Edinburgh Association of Community Councils also has a website. The Scottish Government also hosts some information. Finally, the Edinburgh Neighbourhood Partnership website explains how they work – and has a section about local community plans.

Additional documents

• Edinburgh CC scheme
• Interactive mapping of Edinburgh CC areas, council wards etc
• Police Scotland beats in Leith (May 2014)

Archived documents

Because history should not go into memory-holes, out-of-date but interesting documents will be kept in this section.

• CC office bearers (January 2014)