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Edinburgh Bus Users Group – Annual General Meeting

The following is an extract from an email we have received from Edinburgh Bus Users Group regarding their Annual General Meeting which will be held on Thursday 19 June at the Quaker Meeting House,  7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh. The meeting which will start at 6.00pm is open to Members and Non-Members. If you are interested in improving the bus services in Edinburgh, do go along to support their efforts.

The formal AGM business will include:

    • Approval of the draft minutes of the 2024 AGM. (linked here) 
    • Presentation of the Committee’s report for the year. (linked here)
    • Presentation of  EBUG’s accounts for the previous year. (linked here)
    • Edinburgh Bus Users Group Constitution (May 2025 Draft for Approval) (linked here) with Summary of Changes to EBUG Constitution (linked here)
    • Elect a Committee of up to 11 members.

This year we are introducing a new element to the proceedings: a bring and share session for good bus practice from elsewhere in the UK or abroad. The best examples will be recorded and published on our website, and may be used to lobby the Council, Lothian Buses and the Scottish Government. Please come prepared!

More information about Edinburgh Bus Users Group can be found on their website at:  https://edinburghbususers.group/

 

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NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 9 December 2024

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, on Monday 9 December 2024 at 7pm

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

URLs have been added by the minutes secretary.

These minutes could not be published until they had been approved at the following ordinary meeting in February 2025. Continue reading →

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NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 9 October 2024

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, on Monday 14 October 2024 at 7pm

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

URLs have been added by the minutes secretary.

Continue reading →

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NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 9 September 2024

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, via Zoom, on Monday 9 September 2024 at 7pm

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

URLs have been added by the minutes secretary. Continue reading →

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Missing Bus Shelter – Mystery Solved

Thanks to Councillor Miller, we have been advised that the bus shelter that disappeared from Mansfield Place earlier this month was removed due to safety concerns. A replacement will be installed by the Council as soon as this work can be scheduled, hopefully before the weather deteriorates further.

We are still on the track of the missing benches from Bellevue Terrace/East Claremont Street!

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NTBCC full agenda Monday 9 September 2024 and conveners’ reports received so far

This will be an online meeting : Monday 9 September via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81224803596?pwd=IjzbMuOr017EzHSc4qbeNiv7SzkkbO.1

The parentheses show the time allocated to each item.

Convenors’ reports received so far are below the agenda.

  1. Welcome and apologies – S Holledge (5 minutes)
  2. Approval of minutes of August 2024 meeting and matters arising – S Holledge (10 minutes)
  3. Chair’s report – S Holledge (10 minutes)
    a.  Community Council Elections Update
    b.  Edinburgh World Heritage Trust Update
  4. Transport and environment matters – M Birch (25 minutes)
    1. Transport and environment committee meeting agenda – 12 September 2024
    2. Communal Bin Review – residential amenity workshop – 16 September 2024
    3. East London Street traffic – Green Street workshop – Annandale Street Closure
    4. Number 13 Bus Service – Outcome of NTBCC Website Post
    5. Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders  – NTBCC Response
  5. Planning update – K Lochrie/R Price/A Gaillard/S Hajducki (30 minutes)
    1. Forthcoming PAN on changes to approved scheme for the former RBS site (details TBA)
    2. Current applications at Calton Square / Leith Street incl. ESF proposal (24/03724/FUL)
    3. Update on applications at 1 Gayfield Square
    4. Recent decision at 40 London St (23/06869/FUL)
    5. Princes Street and Waverley Valley Strategy: Forthcoming Consultation
    6. Consultations Update: Developer Contributions (closes 17 September), update to Development Plan Scheme (City Plan 2030) & forthcoming consultations (Edinburgh Design Guidance, Listed Building & Conservation Areas & Guidance for Householders),
    7. Conservation and Adaptation  initiative update (Appendix 3 : Business Bulletin)
  6. Licensing matters – A Gaillard (10 minutes)
    1. Consultation on STL licensing – Closes 14 October
  7. Culture and communities matters – S Holledge (5 minutes)
    1. Planned walkabout – First New Town – 28 October 2024
  8. Councillors’ reports (10 minutes)
  9. Any other business (10 minutes)

Convenors’ reports

NTBCC Transport & Environment Committee Update – September 2024

Planning ( to be added)

NTBCC Licensing Report – September 2024

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Supported Bus Services

Over the last year, there has been discussion at the Council’s Transport and Environment Committee about continuing subsidies for supported bus services in and around the City. These are services that are deemed to provide an insufficient commercial return for the bus operator and therefore the Council partially funds the cost of these services.

Within our area, we have the number 13 bus service which is operated by Edinburgh Coachlines and runs six days a week between Craigleith Shopping Centre and Lochend with local stops in Princes Street, Hanover Street, Queen Street Gardens East, Dundas Street, Great King Street, Drummond Place,
London Street, Bellevue, Rodney Street, Broughton Road and McDonald Road.

The Council does not have much information about who is using this service, how frequently people are doing so and why this service is used. We have therefore agreed to publish this post to gather some additional data. If you are a user of the number 13 bus service, even on an infrequent basis or know someone that does, please let us know why and how frequently by completing the contact form.