Bonnington area proposed Controlled Parking Zone
In 2021, we asked residents for feedback on ways to address parking pressures in your area, and we reported the feedback to the Council’s Transport and Environment Committee for review the following year. Additional monitoring of parking pressures was carried out in 2023 and 2025, following which, the Committee approved commencement of the legal process to propose a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in the Bonnington area.
Proposal
The proposal for your area will be a CPZ, which would manage all the available kerbside space, helping to reduce parking pressure. The proposed CPZ would operate between 8.30am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Permits would be available to residents, their visitors, and certain businesses. The Council also operates essential user and trades parking permit schemes, so health, social care and trades workers can park when working within a CPZ.
Engagement and feedback
We are seeking your feedback before the proposal is finalised and formally advertised, which will allow us to consider any required changes to the proposal.
View the draft proposal prior to providing us with your feedback. You can ask officers questions and provide feedback by attending a drop-in session (details below) or by completing our online feedback form. The form will be live until Friday 27 November.
Drop-in sessions at McDonald Road Library:
- 5 November 2026 from 2pm to 7pm
- 19 November 2026 from 2pm to 7pm
If you have any questions about the draft design, the proposal process or how to provide your feedback, please view our frequently asked questions page or contact us at ControlledParkingZone@edinburgh.gov.uk.
What happens next
We expect that the proposal will be formally advertised in the first quarter of 2027, although this may vary depending on the feedback we receive and any changes required as a result. We have recently written to all residents and business within the boundary of the proposed CPZ and we will do so again in advance of the formal advertisement period, where we will provide the details required to respond to the advertisement.
Following formal advertisement, we will collate responses into a report to the Council’s Traffic Regulation Orders Sub-committee, which we expect to present in Summer 2027. Based on their consideration of the advertisement feedback, committee members will decide as to whether or how the proposal should proceed.