{"id":587,"date":"2024-03-21T16:46:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grantoncc.scot\/?p=587"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:15:55","slug":"what-a-community-council-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grantoncc.scot\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/what-a-community-council-does\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Community Council does"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Edinburgh&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/community-planning\/community-councils\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community Councils<\/a> play an important role in grassroots democracy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A Community Council is a voluntary group made up of local people and interest groups. It works to represent the views of local residents to the Council and other organisations, such as Scottish Government, NHS Lothian and the police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It advocates and influences on local causes of concern by: communicating with the Council to highlight issues; meeting with public officials; holding public meetings; carrying out surveys; meeting with other Community Councils; and arranging events to promote local interests and issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Community Councils have statutory roles and powers in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1973\/65\/part\/IV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973<\/a>. A Community Council has a right to be consulted on local planning, and the local authority has a duty to consult and inform the Community Council on services, licensing and other issues in its area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Local authorities are required by statute to have a scheme which provides the governance framework for Community Councils. View Edinburgh&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/downloads\/file\/36248\/scheme-for-community-councils-effective-28-march-2025-pdf-version\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scheme for Community Councils here<\/a> (effective from 28 March 2025).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Community Council elections are held every four years, and anyone residing in the area and named on the Electoral Register can stand for election as a Community Councillor. Office bearers including a Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer and Engagement and Inclusion Office Bearer are elected at the Annual General Meeting in May or June. For more about these roles, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/downloads\/file\/36248\/scheme-for-community-councils-effective-28-march-2025-pdf-version\">Scheme<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about Community Councils, go to: &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/communitycouncils\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/communitycouncils<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communitycouncils.scot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.communitycouncils.scot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh&#8217;s Community Councils play an important role in grassroots democracy. A Community Council is a voluntary group made up of local people and interest groups. 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