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Next NTBCC meeting, contacting NTBCC

The next public NTBCC meeting is on Monday 12 May, 7pm to 9pm. it will be be an online meeting via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87849508345?pwd=qWIte18bCUReZjaf8SgGMFf1Ay6RzN.1

As always, members of the public are very welcome to attend this meeting and future meetings (whether in-person or virtual).

The standard agenda will be published at least 7 days in advance of this meeting. Future meetings are likely to follow this outline/’statutory’ framework, with detailed agendas being issued closer to the actual meeting.

If there are issues that NTBCC should be aware of in the interim, please contact us either by using the contact form on this website or send us a message via @NTBCC on Twitter and we will respond as soon as we can.

Post last updated 2025_04_15

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NTBCC submits formal complaint regarding handling of planning application

The New Town and Broughton Community Council has submitted a formal complaint to the City of Edinburgh Council regarding its handling of a planning application for the development of a site on Blenheim Place. This complaint was submitted on 30 April 2025 but to date no response has been provided. The following is a summary of that complaint but the full document is attached for your reference.

 Summary of Complaint to the City of Edinburgh Council: Planning Local Review Body (Panel 1), 2 April 2025, Item 6.1

 The Planning Local Review Body (LRB Panel 1) met on 2 April to consider Item 6.1 entitled: 12 Blenheim Place (At Land 45 Metres East Of) – Erection of new 5-bedroom family home on land between Greenside Parish Church and No. 12 Blenheim Place Application no. 24/01889/FUL.

This was a section 43 appeal against refusal of planning permission on 28 October 2024. The appeal was lodged by Scott Hobbs Planning on behalf of CSG Projects Limited on 24 January 2025.

On 30 April, the New Town & Broughton Community Council made a formal complaint to the City of Edinburgh Council concerning serious procedural failures, apparent bias, and lack of adherence to statutory requirements by the Planning Local Review Body (Panel 1) during the review on 2 April 2025. The complaint was based upon a careful examination by community councillors of the webcast of the relevant part of the meeting. Continue reading →

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Licensing Board Policy Consultation: Gambling – closes 22 June 2025

Adapted from the post on the Council’s Consultation Hub, the Licensing Board is interested in the public’s views on its Gambling Policy Statement.

Closing date for online submissions:  22 June 2025.

Should you wish to share your views/concerns with NTBCC, please contact us by email to licensing@ntbcc.org.uk

The policy statement forms the basis upon which the Board considers applications for premises licences for venues such as betting shops, bingo halls, casinos, gaming machines in entertainment centres and pubs, and a range of other matters.

The policy does not cover matters which are the responsibility of the Gambling Commission and in addition the Licensing Board has a separate policy on alcohol licensing which does not form part of this consultation.

The Board invites comments on the terms of the current Gambling Policy Statement, having already agreed that it will be updated to take account of changes to guidance issued by the Gambling Commission.

Full details can be found here: Licensing Board – Gambling Policy – City of Edinburgh Council – Citizen Space

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NTBCC raises significant concerns about Council plans to make experimental traffic regulation orders permanent

We have been advised that the Council will be seeking approval from the Traffic Regulation Orders Sub-Committee at their meeting tomorrow (12 May 2025) to make the measures initially introduced during the pandemic and then continued under two Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders (ETRO 21/26A and 21/28A) permanent. This will require the sub-committee to set aside the objections that have been submitted including those submitted by NTBCC.

Our objections focussed on two aspects of these ETRO  – the relocation of buses from Waverley Bridge and the cycle path along London Road. We believe that the issues we raised have not been properly addressed in the report that will be considered by the subcommittee and that the specific measures we have highlighted in our objections should not be made permanent.

Unlike other Council committees, the community council are not allowed to make a deputation to the sub-committee. We have therefore circulated the attached document to our local Councillors so that they may be able to communicate our concerns about the report to their colleagues.

We urge the Council to look again at these two aspects of the ETRO and ensure that the views of the NTBCC and others who have raised concerns about these measures are properly considered.

 

Mike Birch

Transport and Environment Convener – NTBCC

11 May 2025

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Liquor Licensing – Become a member of the Edinburgh Licensing Forum?

Edinburgh Licensing Forum is recruiting members. Members keep the liquor licensing system in Edinburgh under regular review and stimulate debate on relevant issues.

They want to recruit members to represent:

  • each of the four localities
  • the city centre (ward 11)
  • the Edinburgh Association of Community Councils (EACC).

They also want to recruit six members from the licensed trade – both on and off-sales.

About the Edinburgh Licensing Forum

Edinburgh Licensing Forum is an advisory body set up by the Council as required by the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.

Further details can be found here:
Become a member of the Edinburgh Licensing Forum – The City of Edinburgh Council

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Civic Licensing – Public Entertainment : Motion to ban Military Aircraft Flypasts

As reported in Edinburgh Live and STV News on 5th May 2025: Edinburgh ‘ban’ on Red Arrows and RAF fighter jet flights proposed – Edinburgh Live

Following up on last year, where the demand to ban Edinburgh Tattoo Flypasts was submitted to the Full Council meeting on 27th June 2024 as a question: Civic Licensing – Public Entertainment : Demand to ban Tattoo Flypasts

The demand was re-iterated this year, and submitted to the Full Council meeting on 8th May 2025 as a motion:

By Councillor Heap – Public Entertainment Licences (Aircraft flypasts)

“Council notes:
1)         That some events in the city involve aircraft flypasts, often at low altitude.
2)         That many people find such events entertaining, though others may experience the flypasts as a nuisance, or distressing.
3)         Also that allowing events with polluting flypasts performed purely for entertainment is not compatible with the city’s Net Zero targets.

Council therefore agrees:
4)         A report by the first Full Council meeting after summer recess exploring the methods by which the Council could stop aircraft displays including, but not limited, to the attachment of a condition to public entertainment licences.
5)         “Aircraft displays” includes aircraft powered by fossil fuels, including jet; turboprop and helicopter aircraft, but does include drones nor model aircraft.”

Should you wish to express views about this, please contact Your Councillors – Modern Council (edinburgh.gov.uk)

Red Arrows Flypast 5-July-2023  (Image: Garry F McHarg/Daily Record)

VE Day Flypast 5-May-2025  (Image: BBC News)

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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)
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Licensing Board Supplementary Policy Consultation, Assessment of Overprovision – NTBCC response May 2025

NTBCC submitted the following in response to the consultation at Statement of Licensing Policy – Assessment of Overprovision – City of Edinburgh Council – Citizen Space on 1 May 2025.

Introduction

1 Your details

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

2 Who are you responding as?

I am responding on behalf of an organisation
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