gpcc - What we look to do
Grange Prestonfield Community Council (GPCC) comprises elected local residents and appointed representatives of constituted local interest groups. Together, they work to represent your local community and its neighbourhoods to put forward your views on your 'place', 'space', amenity and wellbeing to the City Council and to other public agencies.
Local Ward Councillors, MPs and MSPs are ex-officio members of the community council. Local organization representatives and individuals with a particular interest or focus can be co-opted to help with the work undertaken.
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Following the March 2025 elections, community councils are established in 40 out of 47 boundary areas within the City of Edinburgh. Take a look at the Council’s own website explaining the scheme.
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The community council has the statutory right to be consulted by the city council on local matters (such as certain types of planning applications and licensing issues). But the consultative and working relationship goes much wider than that.
We look to meet monthly and meetings are open to all local residents. Details of forthcoming meetings are posted on this site.
The boundary area covered by Grange Prestonfield Community Council is roughly the south-east half of the Southside/Newington ward. For a map of the ward boundaries have a look here.
(12 May 2025)
