A survey to determine whether there are too many private hire cars in Edinburgh has been approved by Edinburgh councillors.

It comes after a group of taxi drivers in the capital handed over a petition to city councillors last month, asking for a review to be carried out.

The drivers had also asked for a pause to be placed on issuing new private hire licences while the survey was carried out.

But at Friday’s meeting of the Regulatory Committee, councillors did not back a Green group amendment that would have called for that.

According to council regulatory services head Andrew Mitchell, tendering for a survey would take about 12 weeks, and data collection would take place in the first half of 2026.

In a deputation to the committee, city taxi driver Keith Auld told councillors: “We

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