Conservation areas have special architectural or historic interest. There are 49 in Edinburgh. The Council must protect these areas, and there are extra rules to control building work.

Polygon shapefile showing the boundaries of all designated Green Belts in and around the City of Edinburgh. These boundaries come from the Edinburgh City Local Plan and the Rural West Edinburgh Local Plan.

Polygons of all the parking bays within the City Of Edinburgh Council administrative area backed by a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).

Locations of grit bins within the City of Edinburgh Council area.

The open space audit was carried out in 2009 as part of the open space strategy. The Open Space Strategy was approved by the Council's Policy and Strategy and Planning Committees at the end of September 2010. The preparation of an open space strategy is a recent requirement of national planning policy, requiring the creation of an audit, a strategy and action plans. The implementation of the strategy and action plans will be monitored and every five years, from 2015, the strategy will be reviewed and updated. Further information can be found in the open space audit at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/1286/open_space_audit.

The shops database is a record of a comprehensive survey of all shops in Edinburgh which was carried out in September / October 2010, based on a mixture of site inspection and records from the Lothian Valuation Joint Board (LVJB). It updates similar surveys which were done in 1986, 1996 and 2004, to provide a long-term perspective on retail change in the city.

Neighbourhood Partnerships are made up of councillors, public agencies, community representatives, Police, NHS Lothian and the voluntary sector. The key focus of the Partnerships is to address issues that affect local quality of life.\\n\\nThe Partnerships are able to make recommendations and provide guidance and direction to the Council and partner organisations. They’ll also take on decisions relating to environment, open space and traffic management; they’ll be responsible for local consultation; they’ll award small community grants for local projects, and they’ll be able to inform the development of city strategies – making sure they reflect local needs and priorities.

22 candidate Special Landscape Areas (cSLAs) were identified in the approved Review of Local Landscape Designations (Feb 2010). The candidates are based upon landscape character assessment and evaluation of relative landscape value following the methodology set out in ‘Guidance on Local Landscape Designations’ published by SNH and Historic Scotland (2004). Candidates will be designated through the forthcoming Local Development Plan and will replace the existing local landscape designations: Areas of Great Landscape Value (AGLV) and Areas of Outstanding Landscape Quality (AOLQ). In the interim the Review will constitute a material consideration in the determination of planning applications. cSLAs are accompanied by ‘Statements of Importance’, which set out their key characteristics and attributes.

Locations of Air Quality Management Areas in the City of Edinburgh Council area

Current Community Council Boundaries for Edinburgh