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The housing is mostly in the form of relatively high-quality tenements, interspersed with some large villas. In 2006 Bruntsfield was brought into the "S2" (southern zone 2) controlled parking zone, making much of the roadside parking available only to residents paying Council Tax and purchasing a permit. Other bays are pay-and-display.
The council took on its current form in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, replacing the City of Edinburgh District Council of the Lothian region, which had been created in 1975. The history of local government in Edinburgh, however, stretches back much further.
In 2006 the Greenhill area was brought into the "S2" (southern zone 2) controlled parking zone, making the majority of roadside parking available only to residents paying Council Tax and purchasing a permit. This was done in conjunction with an expansion of the controlled parking zone across the city (see transport in Edinburgh).
From January, drivers in Edinburgh who park on the kerb face a £100 fine under plans by the council. Edinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parking Skip to main content
With increasing problems of town centre congestion, and demand for on-street parking, coupled with the pressures on police resources, and the low priority given by some police forces to the enforcement of parking regulations, the Road Traffic Act 1991 permitted local authorities to apply for the legal powers to take over the enforcement of on-street, as well as off-street, car parking ...
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Edinburgh, showing Arthur's Seat, one of the earliest known sites of human habitation in the area. Edinburgh was largely under English control from 1291 to 1314 and from 1333 to 1341, during the Wars of Scottish Independence. When the English invaded Scotland in 1298, Edward I of England chose not to enter Edinburgh but passed by it with his army.
In 2023 East Lothian Council granted retrospective planning permission, despite objections from residents, for the neighbouring estate, Moorfoot Estates Ltd, to charge for parking. The estate claimed that they had to deal with anti-social behaviour from visitors to the reservoir. Permits for parking can be purchased in Gifford.