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.
URLs have been added by the minutes secretary.
The NTBCC has reiterated its concerns about the continued restrictions to buses and taxis using Waverley Bridge resulting in their relocation to other streets in the City Centre. The decision to relocate buses and taxis from Waverley Bridge was taken as part of the Spaces for People measures introduced over four years ago during the pandemic. The Council has published an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order in order to retain these changes. Today is the last date for comments to be submitted to TRO.Consultations@edinburgh.gov.uk.
The principal concerns we have raised in our objection are the adverse impact on disabled and other passengers with mobility issues, the additional congestion along Waterloo Place and the western end of Regent Road caused by the out of town and tour buses now using these streets and the problems for pedestrians and wheelers as a result of so many buses using so few bus stops along with the narrow pavements.
We recognise that any plans for Waverley Bridge do need to provide a safe means for pedestrians (including passengers) to access the station and move from Princes Street to the Old Town. This, we believe, can be achieved without closing the road to all buses and taxis.
NTBCC’s objection is in this PDF.
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.
| 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 |
Adapted from the post on the Council’s Consultation Hub, the Council’s Regulatory Committee is interested in the public views on the short-term lets licensing policy since its introduction in October 2022.
Closing date for online submissions: 14 October 2024.
Should you wish to share your views/concerns with NTBCC, please contact us by email to licensing@ntbcc.org.uk
As a result of the Civic Government Scotland Act 1982 (Licensing of Short Term Lets) Order 2022 being passed by the Scottish Parliament, local authorities in Scotland were required to introduce a mandatory licensing scheme for properties operating as short-term lets. The licensing scheme opened on 1 October 2022, with all short-term lets required to be licensed by January 2025.
As part of the licensing scheme, the Council has published a licensing policy for short-term lets in the city. These properties have to meet a minimum safety standard. The Council also added additional conditions to licences to respond to local circumstances.
Four types of licence can be issued for short-term let accommodation. These are:
Home sharing and home letting happen in a host or operator’s main home, and secondary letting is where the property is not the host or operator’s main home. The licence types are defined in legislation and the Council cannot exempt certain types of STL accommodation from the requirement to obtain a licence.
Full details can be found here: Short-Term Lets 2024 Consultation – City of Edinburgh Council – Citizen Space
Since the introduction of a licensing scheme for short-term lets in October 2022, the Council has received over 4,000 applications.
NTBCC submitted the following in response to the consultation at Overprovision of Licensed Premises – City of Edinburgh Council – Citizen Space on 13 May 2024.
| First name: | New Town & Broughton |
| Surname: | Community Council |
| Email address: | licensing (at) ntbcc.org.uk |
| Yes, I consent to being contacted about this consultation: | Yes |
I am responding on behalf of an organisation
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This will be an in-person meeting: Monday 8 April at 7pm, in the Drummond Room at Broughton St Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent.
Adapted from the post on the Council’s Consultation Hub, the Edinburgh Licensing Board is carrying out an assessment of whether there is overprovision of licensed premises (in relation to the sale of alcohol) in the City of Edinburgh Council area.
Closing date for online submissions: 13 May 2024.
Should you wish to share your views/concerns with NTBCC, please contact us by email to licensing@ntbcc.org.uk
Full details can be found here: Overprovision of Licensed Premises – City of Edinburgh Council – Citizen Space
Previous responses from statutory consultees provide some useful context:
NB: The current (2018) Assessment of Overprovision as set out in Chapter 14 and Appendix 2 of the Board’s new Statement of Licensing Policy (published 27 November 2023) continues to form part of the Board’s Statement of Licensing Policy meanwhile.