Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held at Broughton St Mary’s church on Monday 8 September 2025 at 7pm
Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision.
Canonmills
NTBCC full agenda Monday 8 September 2025 and conveners’ reports received so far
This will be an in-person meeting in the Drummond Room at Broughton St Mary’s church, 12 Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 6NE.
It will take place on Monday 8 September, 7pm to 9pm.
Convenors’ reports will be added below the agenda as they are received.
- Welcome and apologies
- Declarations of interest
- Approval of minutes of August 2025 meeting and matters arising
- Chair’s report
- Picardy Place
- Review of constitution
- Visitor levy
- Planning matters
- Licensing matters
- Culture and Communities matters
- Review of City of Edinburgh Council’s culture and communities committee meeting of 21 August.
- Transport and Environment Matters
- Communal Bin Review Phase 6 update – to discuss
- Sub-committee matters
- Meadows to George Street project TRO and RDO Update – to note
- ETRO Travelling Safety (Broughton Street to Canonmills) measures decision – to discuss
- Transport and Environment Committee matters
- Pavement widths ESDG Update – to discuss
- Trade waste update – to note
- City Mobility Plan investment update – to note
- Public toilets update – to note
- Car mileage reduction target update – to note
- Charlotte Square update – to discuss
- Trams to Newhaven remedial work update – to note
- North/South Trams route consultation – to note
- Any other business
Convenors’ and other reports
NTBCC submits detailed objection to Experimental Traffic Order
The New Town and Broughton Community Council has submitted a detailed objection to an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (TRO/21/27B) seeking the retention of many of the measures introduced in 2021 under the Spaces for People initiative along the route from Canonmills to Broughton Street. These were intended to be a temporary response to the pandemic. We believe that there is no longer a justification to retain many of these measures or continue to evaluate them using an ETRO. Instead, those that are no longer serving a useful purpose should be removed immediately and those that have proven their value should be made permanent. The temporary measures do not properly support increased active travel and have created additional hazards for pedestrians, cyclists and other road users as well as increasing congestion on a busy arterial route leading to more air pollution in a residential and local neighbourhood area.
We also highlighted that the plans provided with the ETRO only provide information on the waiting and loading restrictions. Very limited information is provided on the actual measures which were the reason for introducing the revised waiting and loading restrictions. This makes it very difficult for members of the public to provide meaningful feedback on the ETRO.
No evidence has been provided of any monitoring that has been undertaken while this ETRO has been in effect nor does the ETRO set out any plans for such monitoring which is one of the stated reasons for continuing to have these temporary measures in place.
The original Spaces for People measures and their subsequent retention using the ETRO has been a missed opportunity to address the concerns raised by local residents and businesses. We have urged the Council to look again at the active travel needs of this neighbourhood area with a new perspective that properly responds to the needs of the community.
If you are interested in reading the full objection, please click on the link below
Broughton Street to Canonmills ETRO – NTBCC Objection
If you wish to make your own objection or add other comments, you can do so by email to TRO.Consultations@edinburgh.gov.uk. The deadline for comments is this Saturday, 15 February 2025.
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.
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NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 12 August 2024
Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s AGM, at Drummond Room, Broughton St Mary’s church, on Monday 12 August 2024 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 full agenda Monday 12 August 2024 and conveners’ reports received so far
This will be an in-person meeting: Monday 12 August at 7pm, in the Drummond Room at Broughton St Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent.
The bracketed information shows who will report and/or lead each discussion, and the time for each item.
Convenors’ reports received so far are below the agenda.
- Welcome and apologies (NTBCC chair, 5 minutes)
- Police report as received (police representatives, 10 minutes)
- Filming in Drummond Place/Bellevue Crescent for Debutante Series 2 (Mitch Bellgreen – Location Manager, 15 minutes)
- Approval of minutes of June 2024 meeting and matters arising (NTBCC chair, 10 minutes)
- draft June minutes
- Actions from June minutes
Item Actor Action 3.e Cllr Caldwell Ask CEC to add report-line phone numbers and/or QR codes to bins 3.e P Williamson Remind Edinburgh World Heritage Trust that NTBCC has heard nothing since the management plan report 3.f Cllrs Mowat, Caldwell Chase for updates on changes to CEC licensing software 5 B Ryan Enable new office-bearers to access relevant email accounts
- Review of draft minutes of the 2024 AGM (NTBCC chair, 5 minutes)
- Chair’s report (NTBCC chair, 15 minutes)
- Council’s Community Council Scheme and Boundary Review 2023
- Campaign of the Canonmills Owners’ and Residents’ Association
- Update on NTBCC roles and responsibilities.
- Planning update (NTBCC planning committee, 15 minutes)
- Approval of Old Royal High School planning application (24/01804/FUL)
- Marshall’s Court planning application (24/02959/FULSTL) – NTBCC Representation
- Henderson Place planning application (24/02964/FUL) – NTBCC comments
- Licencing matters (NTBCC licensing convenor, 10 minutes)
- Consultation on STL Licencing – future NTBCC response
- Culture and Communities matters (NTBCC C&C convenor, 5 minutes)
- Report on Culture and Communities Committee Meeting – 8 August 2024
- Firework control zones (See consultations on proposed city-wide and Calton Hill FCZs.)
- Transport and Environment matters (NTBCC transport and environment convenor, 10 minutes)
- Update on implementation of LEZ
- Transport and Environment Committee Meeting Agenda – 15 August 2024
- Communal Bin Review – residential amenity workshop – 16 September 2024
- East London Street Traffic – Green Street workshop – TBA
- Street cleansing report
- Councillors’ reports (5 minutes)
- Any other business (5 minutes)
NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 8 April 2024
Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s meeting, at Broughton St May’s Church, on Monday 8 April 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.