Latest progress in your area
Phase 1 - Leith / Abbeyhill and Gorgie / Shandon
In January 2021, the Transport and Environment committee approved the commencement of the statutory process to introduce controlled parking zones into the phase 1 areas.
Read the January 2021 Transport and Environment committee report
Read the September 2022 Transport and Environment committee report
Latest update
Two new zones N7 (Leith Walk / Pilrig) and N8 (Leith / North Leith) are now live, having come into operation on 26 June 2023.
Work is also completed in zone N6 (Abbeyhill) and this zone will be going live on 4 September 2023, with parking permits now available to purchase.
Work will continue in zones S5 (Shandon), S6 (Gorgie) and S7 (B8 priority parking area), with all of these zones expected to go-live during the remainder of 2023.
Find further detail on the implementation of phase 1.
Background
In September 2022, the Transport and Environment committee, having considered the objections received to the formal advertising of the traffic order, approved the making of a traffic order to introduce controlled parking zones into the phase 1 areas.
Phase 2 – Easter Road, Lochend / Ryehill (called “West Leith” on our plans), Bonnington, Willowbrae and the A8 Corridor
An informal consultation process took place in February and March 2021. The results of that consultation were reported to the Transport and Environment committee in August 2021.
Committee decided that monitoring of the potential impacts of phase 1, and further engagement on the design and detail of the phase 2 proposal, should be undertaken before a decision is taken on the future of phase 2.
Read the August 2021 Transport and Environment committee report
Phase 3 - Priority parking areas B1, B3, B4, B5, B7 and B10, plus Fettes and Prestonfield
An informal consultation took place in April and May 2021.
In December 2022, the Transport and Environment committee approved the commencement of the statutory process to introduce controlled parking zones into some of the phase 3 areas.
The areas affected are B1, B3, B4, B5 and Fettes.
The legal process is expected to start in the coming months, in conjunction with a review of the designs that were consulted upon. That review will amend the designs where possible to reflect consultation feedback.
The remaining areas of B7, B10 and Prestonfield will be monitored in order to assess whether the introduction of parking controls into nearby or neighbouring areas has any impact on parking availability or pressure.
Phase 4 - Newhaven, Trinity and Portobello
In December 2022, the Transport and Environment committee approved the commencement of the statutory process to introduce controlled parking into the Portobello area.
Committee also approved an amendment to the extent of the area being considered, with the area affected being extended eastwards in response to consultation feedback.
Download an indicative plan of the area
The legal process is expected to start in the coming months, in conjunction with a review of the designs that were consulted upon. That review will amend the designs where possible to reflect consultation feedback.
The other areas within phase 4, Newhaven South and Trinity, will be monitored in order to assess whether the introduction of parking controls into nearby or neighbouring areas has any impact on parking availability or pressure.