{"id":1051529,"date":"2026-06-26T14:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1051529\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:49:21","slug":"council-plans-major-expansion-of-firework-control-zones-across-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1051529\/","title":{"rendered":"Council plans major expansion of firework control zones across Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh residents are being urged to have their say on plans to expand firework control zones (FCZs) across the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A six-week public consultation has been launched by city bosses to review continuing the restrictions in five existing neighbourhoods and introducing them in five new areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the proposals, the FCZs \u2013 which prohibit the use of fireworks in designated areas \u2013 would remain in Corstorphine, Longstone, Sighthill\/Broomhouse, Mordeun, and The Murrays.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" data-attachment-id=\"650318\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2026\/06\/council-plans-major-expansion-of-firework-control-zones-across-edinburgh\/fireworks-control-zones\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fireworks-Control-Zones.jpg?fit=1200%2C840&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Fireworks Control Zones\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;An image of fireworks in the night sky. Image supplied with release by the City of Edinburgh Council.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 City of Edinburgh Council&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fireworks-Control-Zones.jpg?fit=1024%2C717&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fireworks-Control-Zones.jpg\" alt=\"An image of fireworks in the night sky.\" class=\"wp-image-650318\"  \/>\u00a9 City of Edinburgh Council<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New bans are also being considered for Liberton Grange, Lochend, Stenhouse\/Gaskell Street, West Pilton, and Wester Hailes following community concerns over anti-social behaviour and the impact of noise on animals and vulnerable residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Culture and Communities Convener Councillor Margaret Graham said the zones are part of a wider effort to ensure Bonfire Night is celebrated safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said: \u201cWe want to hear directly from residents and communities about the areas being considered for FCZs again this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are just one of the measures we\u2019re using to improve safety and reduce firework-related anti-social behaviours to make sure our communities can enjoy Bonfire Night in a safe and responsible way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public consultation went live on Wednesday and will run on the council\u2019s website until Wednesday, 5 August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article is provided by the news agency Deadline News Limited and published here with permission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edinburgh residents are being urged to have their say on plans to expand firework control zones (FCZs) across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1051530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,142662,4884,712,17934,16,15],"class_list":["post-1051529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edinburgh","tag-britain","tag-edinburgh","tag-firework-control-zones","tag-great-britain","tag-scotland","tag-the-city-of-edinburgh-council","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116816968676938057","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1051530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}