About the Forum
The Edinburgh Civic Forum is an opportunity for community councils, local street associations, amenity and partnership bodies to discuss issues of common interest and keep up to date with local and national planning policy.
The Civic Forum aims to strengthen the dialogue between civic groups in the capital and the City of Edinburgh Council. It also aims to encourage greater interest and involvement in planning.
Who can join?
Membership is free and open to representatives of the following groups within the City of Edinburgh Council boundaries:
- Community Councils
- Street Associations
- Area Associations
- Amenity groups
- Local interest groups
The Forum is not open to private individuals, political groups or commercial organisations.
The Cockburn Association is Secretary to the Forum and organises and minutes the meetings. The Chair is drawn from the Forum membership. The Forum is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council Planning Department with meeting space provided in the City Chambers.
Membership application form
What is discussed?
City of Edinburgh Council officials and politicians attend the meetings and often give presentations to an agenda set in cooperation with Forum members. There is always time for questions, answers and further discussion. Specific developments or planning applications are not discussed at the meeting.
Previous presentations and discussions include:
- Green Belt issues
- Urban Design Standards
- The Local Development Plan
- Sustainable Energy Action Plan
- The Edinburgh 12
Please call us on 0131 557 8686 if you are interested in the Civic Forum. All active Community Councils and affiliate members of the Cockburn Association automatically receive an invitation to attend meetings.
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MEETINGS
2017
Tuesday 7 March 4-6pm, European Room, City Chambers
The Planning Review – PAS (Planning Aid Scotland)
In 2015 Scottish Ministers commissioned an independent panel to undertake a review of the planning system. The resultant report - Empowering Planning to Deliver Great Places – has now led to a consultation paper on the future of the planning system in Scotland - Places, People and Planning, with a closing date for comments of 4 April. The consultation paper has a number of key proposals under four broad headings:
• Making plans for the future
• People make the system work
• Building more homes and delivering infrastructure
• Stronger leadership and smarter resourcing
Planning Aid Scotland (PAS) will deliver a workshop on the proposals to gather your ideas which we will then feed into the Council’s response to the consultation paper. PAS is doing a similar workshop with pupils from Castleview Primary School’s Primary 7 class and some of the pupils will be coming along to the Civic Forum to share their ideas with you. This is significant given the consultation paper’s focus on encouraging all members of the community, including children and young people, to have their say.
We also hope to have members of the Scottish Youth Parliament at the event.
We look forward to seeing you at the Civic Forum for this important event.
Tuesday 6 June 6-8pm
Tuesday 5 September 6-8pm
Tuesday 5 December 4-6pm
2016
Tuesday 8 March at 4.30 pm
Tuesday 7 June at 6.00 pm
Tuesday 6 September at 6.00 pm
Agenda Planning Update Draft Open Space Strategy Note of meeting
Tuesday 6 December at 4.00 pm
Note of meeting
2015
Minutes December 2015 and workshops note