An unauthorised laundrette set up to service dozens of short term let apartments without permission has been shut down by council officials – amid calls for “game changing” licensing powers to curb Airbnb-style properties.
City council leaders have been forced to draw up a “more accurate evaluation” of their progress after opponents branded the picture painted in an official document “a work of fiction”.
Parts of the Capital are “beginning to resemble the Day of the Triffids” as environment chiefs were blasted for overgrown weeds being left to sprout up across the city.
Council bosses have been accused of a “gross distortion of reality” amid claims the SNP-Labour coalition is “on track” to meet the majority of its five-year commitments.
STUDENT housing and a new hotel have been ruled out of proposals to transform part of the former Meadowbank Stadium site into an “active travel village”, council chiefs have confirmed.
Councillors have been accused of creating a “gated community” after approving permission for residents at a new student hotel to help themselves to beer from a self-service tap.
EDINBURGH’s council leader and a top finance official were turned away from a flight after an “embarrassing” paperwork mix-up led to a trip to Canada being cancelled at the airport.
More than £43 million was paid out to shelter homeless people in temporary accommodation in the Capital last year – branded “the price we are paying for Scotland’s housing emergency”.
An under-threat music festival is set to go ahead in Princes Street Gardens after councillors gave their backing amid new rules over how open spaces are used.
The Capital’s housing convener has hit back at claims the council is lagging behind its target to build 20,000 affordable homes – while insisting almost a quarter will be adaptable for disabled residents.
Housing chiefs have been told to ramp up the delivery of affordable homes being built in the Capital amid claims the council will fall short of its target.
Campaigners have warned that contentious plans for new flats could lead to “an accident waiting to happen” unless the number of homes are reduced and transport concerns are dealt with.
Council leader Adam McVey received an abusive email complaining about bin collections during a key meeting to discuss a new security protocol after two elected members received chilling death threats, it has been revealed.
Residents and visitors will be dancing on the cobbled roads of the Old Town this weekend as the second Open Streets event promises a host of events for revellers.
A pupil could be given a place on the city council’s education committee while religious representatives could lose their voting rights under proposals to be discussed tomorrow.
