Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held in the Garden Room at Broughton St Mary’s Church, on Monday 10 November 2025 at 7pm
Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision. Continue reading
Retrospective listing of Licensing Board notifications received by the New Town & Broughton Community Council of alcohol licensing application(s) within NTBCC’s area, for the period May to October 2025.
May 2025
Provisional 553209 Enoteca Scotland Limited 77a George Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH2 3ES
Variation 550428 Scotsman Group PLC 23-27 Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3JT
Variation 550580 Du Vin Bouchers Ltd 51 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DY
June 2025
Provisional 554433 80b George Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH2 3BU
Variation 552755 Units 3 & 4 Omni Centre, 61 Leith Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH1 3AU
July 2025
Provisional 557881 116b Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3JF
Provisional 558007 158-162 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3JD
Variation 557863 14 South St Andrew Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AZ
Variation 557873 137 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JY
August 2025
Variation 558203 Unit C4.18 415-417 St James Crescent, Edinburgh
Variation 558102 49 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EP
Variation 558105 100-102 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2NN
Variation 559942 Gf, 16 South St Andrew Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH2 2AU
Provisional 559470 47 Frederick Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH2 1EP
September 2025
Variation 554681 Unit 1, 61 Leith Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3AU
Variation 554597 C3.33 300-304 St James Crescent, Edinburgh, EH1 3AE
Variation 559481 73 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EE
Variation 560735 Precinct, 110-114 Rose Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH2 3JF
Variation 562781 41-42 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2AD
Variation 554343 4 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2BD
November 2025
New 564738 6 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2BD
Provisional 564495 18b Frederick Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH2 2HB
Provisional 564694 2 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ
Variation 564404 68-73 Queen Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH2 4NN
Further details about the latest applications can be found here: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13426/alcohol-licence-registers
The next NTBCC public meeting will held be on Monday 10 November, 7pm to 9pm. It will be an an in-person meeting at Broughton St Mary’s Church (12 Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 6NE)
Convenors’ reports will be added below the agenda as they are received.
The New Town and Broughton Community Council has submitted a written deputation to the Council’s Transport and Environment Committee meeting on Thursday highlighting the consequences for residents, bus users and the disabled of the plan to defer work on the Frederick, Hanover and Castle Streets (the Cross Streets) which has previously been an integral part of the George Street and First New Town Project. The following is an extract from that deputation but the full document is attached below along with a link to a drawing from the approved Operational Plan for George Street showing the planned location on the Cross Streets of bus stops, taxi ranks and parking.
“Deputation to the Transport and Environment Committee Meeting on 22 May 2025 regarding item 7.5 City Mobility Plan – Capital Investment Plan Prioritisation
The New Town and Broughton Community Council supports the rigorous approach taken in this report to prioritise the various planned activities in support of the City Mobility Plan but has serious concerns about the separation of the planned work on the ‘Cross Streets’ from the main George Street and First New Town project.
This is not rational as the plans to remove vehicular traffic from George Street are dependent on the work on the Cross Streets. In particular, the relocation of bus services, restriction of disabled parking and removal of resident parking from George Street that is contained within the latest Operational Plan for George Street (see attached drawing from June 2023 report to this committee) is reliant on suitable alternative infrastructure being in place on the Cross Streets to allow both the planned construction work to redevelop George Street to commence and its future operation largely without vehicles.
We have been involved with the plans for George Street and the First New Town over many years. In all the presentations we have attended and in previous reports to this committee, the work on the Cross Streets has been seen as an integral part of the overall project.
We believe that the planned work on the Cross Streets is an essential and integral element of the overall project rather than an optional extra that can be delayed to accommodate funding restrictions. If there is a need to phase the projects, the Cross Streets work should come first to enable the future redevelopment of George Street and address immediate issues with the condition of these streets.
Mike Birch
Transport and Environment Convenor – NTBCC
The agenda for the next meeting of the New Town and Broughton Community Council on Monday 14 April 2025 at the Drummond Room, Broughton St Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent is shown below. Please note that this meeting will commence earlier than usual at 6.45pm to allow time for our Returning Officer, Councillor Claire Miller to announce the results of the recent community council election for our area and confirm the appointment of Office Bearers.
Agenda for New Town and Broughton Community Council Meeting – 14 April 2025
Note: The above items will be chaired by the appointed Returning Officer for the New Town and Broughton Community Council election, Councillor Claire Miller.
Notes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held via Zoom, on Monday 17 February 2025 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 New Town and Broughton Community Council has submitted a written deputation to be considered by the Transport and Environment Committee at their meeting on 30 January 2025. We have raised concerns about the proposals for alternative active travel routes that may be required during the construction phase of the George Street and New Town Project including plans to introduce cycling contra-flow exemptions on four streets in our area. We consider that these plans will have an adverse impact on the safety of pedestrians and should not be progressed until a final decision is taken on the George Street and New Town Project.
The attached document provides more detail on our concerns and other issues that we have raised in our deputation. NTBCC Deputation to T&E Commitee Meeting 30_01_25 (CCWEL)