NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 12 May 2025

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held by Zoom on Monday 12 May 2025 at 7pm

Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision.

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NTBCC Engagement Report 2025_06_09

New Town & Broughton Community Council Engagement Plan

June 2025

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Changes under the CEC Scheme and Boundary Review
  3. NTBCC’s ‘natural neighbourhoods’
  4. Distribution of NTBCC community councillors by street
  5. Video and in-person meetings
  6. Noticeboards
  7. NTBCC website
  8. X/twitter and Bluesky
  9. Mainstream media
  10. Residents’ associations
  11. Walkabouts
  12. Formal responses to local government consultations and deputations to City of Edinburgh Council committees
  13. Engagement with other community councils, networks and heritage organisations
  14. Previous NTBCC Engagement Plans
  15. Suggestions for future engagement

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NTBCC Monthly Meeting Agenda Published

New Town and Broughton Community Council Ordinary Meeting – Monday 9 June 2025

This meeting will be an in-person meeting held in the Drummond Room at Broughton St. Mary’s Church at Bellevue Crescent and will follow immediately after the Annual General Meeting which will start at 7.00pm.  The agenda for this meeting is shown below. The minutes of our May 2025 meeting and any committee reports will be added before the meeting.

Agenda

  1. Welcome and Apologies
  2. Declarations of Interest
  3. Approval of Minutes of May 2025 Meeting and Matters Arising
  4. Police Report
  5. Chair’s Report
  6. Planning Matters
    1. Planning Local Review Body Decision – 12 Blenheim Place (to discuss)
    2. Royal London pre-consultations (Thistle St. / Henderson Row) (to note)
    3. Former RBS site – Dundas St. – new application lodged (25/01899/FUL) (to discuss)
    4. Overview of tools to access planning information (to note)
    5. Recent Planning Applications & Appeals (to note/discuss)
  7. Licencing Matters
    1. Recent Licencing Applications (to note/discuss)
  8. Culture and Communities Matters
    1. Report of C&C Committee Meeting held on 5 June 2025 (to note)
  9. Transport and Environment Matters
    1. Communal Bin Review Phase 6 Consultation Update (to note/discuss)
    2. City Mobility Plan Capital Investment Plan – NTBCC Deputation (to note)
    3. Cycle Hire Scheme (to note)
    4. Trams to Newhaven – Issues List and Actions (to note)
    5. Edinburgh Bus Users Group AGM (to note)
    6. Clean Air Day (to discuss/note)
  10. Any Other Business

NTBCC Annual General Meeting Agenda Published

2025 NTBCC Annual General Meeting – Monday 9 June 2025

This will be an in-person meeting in the Drummond Room at Broughton St. Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent. The meeting will start promptly at 7.00pm and will be followed by our normal monthly meeting for which an agenda will be posted separately. Minutes from last year’s AGM, various annual reports for this year and the annual accounts can be accessed using the links below which will be updated as these are available.

Agenda

  1. Welcome and Apologies
  2. Formal Approval of 2024 AGM Minutes
  3. Annual Reports
    1. Chair 
    2. Committee Convenors
      1. Planning (Word version), (PDF version).
      2. Licensing
      3. Transport and Environment 
      4. Culture and Communities 
    3. Engagement Officer
    4. Treasurer
  4. Approval of Annual Accounts for Financial Year 2024-25
  5. Election of Office Bearers
  6. Election of Committee Convenors
  7. Any Other Business

NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 14 April 2025

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held via Zoom, on Monday 14 April 2025 at 7pm Continue reading

Agenda for May NTBCC Meeting

The next meeting of the New Town and Broughton Community Council will take place on Monday 12 May 2025, starting at 7.00pm. This meeting will be held online on Zoom. The link for this meeting is as follows:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87849508345?pwd=qWIte18bCUReZjaf8SgGMFf1Ay6RzN.1

The agenda for the meeting is:

  1. Welcome and Apologies
  2. Declarations of Interest
  3. Approval of Minutes of April 2025 Meeting and Matters Arising 2025_04_14 draft V4 copy
  4. Chair’s Report
    1. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust (to note)
    2. Community Council Election and Induction Issues (to note/discuss)
    3. Community Councillor Interests Survey (to note)
    4. Arrangements for Business Meeting (to note)
  5. Culture and Communities Matters
    1. Dunard Centre Project Update – Jo Buckley, Chief Executive, IMPACT Scotland
    2. Culture & Communities Committee Meeting – 5 June 2025 (to note)
    3. Appointment of Edinburgh Visitor Levy Forum Chairperson (to note)
    4. Calton Hill Conservation Trust AGM – 17 May 2025 (to note)
    5. Friends of George V Park AGM (to note)
  6. Planning Matters
    1. Planning Local Review Body Decision – 12 Blenheim Place (to note/discuss)
    2. Revised application & Variations for the former RBS site (to note/discuss)
    3. Request for Pre-Application Meeting by Royal London (to discuss)
    4. Recent Planning Applications & Appeals (to note/discuss)
  7. Transport and Environment Matters (convener’s report
    1. Communal Bin Review Phase 6 Consultation Update (to note/discuss)
    2. TRO Subcommittee Meeting – Review of ETRO Objections (to note/discuss)
    3. City Mobility Plan Capital Investment Plan (to note/discuss)
  8. Licencing Matters  (convener’s report)
    1. Regulatory – STL Licensing & Aparthotels (to note)
    2. Licensing Board – Report of Meeting of 28 April 2025 (to note)
    3. Licensing Board – Supplementary Statement of Policy on Overprovision (to note)
  1. Any Other Business
    1. Napier University Engagement Project (to note)
    2. Councillor Jule Bandel Absence (to note)

NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 10 March 2025

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held via Zoom, on Monday 10 March 2025 at 7pm

Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision.

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