Balerno Community Council was in touch with the City Council on 21 July about the City of Edinburgh Council's (ECC) Fireworks Control Zone consultation.
The city council’s Culture and Communities committee approved its scheme on 21 August.
A significant proportion of the south and west side of Balerno - more than in 2024 - is likely to be included in a control zone and therefore subject to restrictions breach of which could carry criminal penalties.
In commenting on the proposed scheme on 21 July Balerno Community Council (BCC) suggested that the identification of areas to be covered was arbitrary.
In reported and televised comments carried on news bullletins on 9 September, Edinburgh Council conceded, in effect, that the identification of Fireworks Control Zones across Edinburgh was indeed arbitrary.
It is very unusual for any public official to make such an admission, and it would be even more surprising if a public body were to admit to acting arbitrarily in creating potential criminal liability for members of the public.
Such an admission tends, at the least, to undermine such confidence as there might be in the scheme.
BCC think that CEC must therefore modify the scheme insofar as it relates to Balerno.
The city council’s Culture and Communities committee approved its scheme on 21 August.
A significant proportion of the south and west side of Balerno - more than in 2024 - is likely to be included in a control zone and therefore subject to restrictions breach of which could carry criminal penalties.
In commenting on the proposed scheme on 21 July Balerno Community Council (BCC) suggested that the identification of areas to be covered was arbitrary.
In reported and televised comments carried on news bullletins on 9 September, Edinburgh Council conceded, in effect, that the identification of Fireworks Control Zones across Edinburgh was indeed arbitrary.
It is very unusual for any public official to make such an admission, and it would be even more surprising if a public body were to admit to acting arbitrarily in creating potential criminal liability for members of the public.
Such an admission tends, at the least, to undermine such confidence as there might be in the scheme.
BCC think that CEC must therefore modify the scheme insofar as it relates to Balerno.
