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Next NTBCC meeting, contacting NTBCC

The next public NTBCC meeting is on Monday 11 August, 7pm to 9pm. It will be an online meeting via Zoom. We will publish the link as soon as it is ready..

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_06_10

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Communal Bin Review – Report to Transport and Environment Committee

The CEC Transport and Environment Committee will be considering a report at their meeting on 26 June 2025 which sets out the recommended waste collection service for the streets in the Phase 6 area of the Communal Bin Review. This area includes most of the New Town.  Appendix 2 of the report sets out the latest recommendations for each street.

The New Town and Broughton Community Council has submitted a written deputation and will be making a verbal deputation to the meeting.

While welcoming the decision to retain a kerbside collection service using gull proof sacks for most of the streets that have that service currently, the deputation highlights concerns with the consultation process and the lack of adequate engagement with residents where the service is changing. A number of street associations have submitted their own deputations highlighting the impact on their residents.

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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 12 May 2025

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held by Zoom on Monday 12 May 2025 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 Engagement Report 2025_06_09

New Town & Broughton Community Council Engagement Plan

June 2025

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Changes under the CEC Scheme and Boundary Review
  3. NTBCC’s ‘natural neighbourhoods’
  4. Distribution of NTBCC community councillors by street
  5. Video and in-person meetings
  6. Noticeboards
  7. NTBCC website
  8. X/twitter and Bluesky
  9. Mainstream media
  10. Residents’ associations
  11. Walkabouts
  12. Formal responses to local government consultations and deputations to City of Edinburgh Council committees
  13. Engagement with other community councils, networks and heritage organisations
  14. Previous NTBCC Engagement Plans
  15. Suggestions for future engagement

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NTBCC Monthly Meeting Agenda Published

New Town and Broughton Community Council Ordinary Meeting – Monday 9 June 2025

This meeting will be an in-person meeting held in the Drummond Room at Broughton St. Mary’s Church at Bellevue Crescent and will follow immediately after the Annual General Meeting which will start at 7.00pm.  The agenda for this meeting is shown below. The minutes of our May 2025 meeting and any committee reports will be added before the meeting.

Agenda

  1. Welcome and Apologies
  2. Declarations of Interest
  3. Approval of Minutes of May 2025 Meeting and Matters Arising
  4. Police Report
  5. Chair’s Report
  6. Planning Matters
    1. Planning Local Review Body Decision – 12 Blenheim Place (to discuss)
    2. Royal London pre-consultations (Thistle St. / Henderson Row) (to note)
    3. Former RBS site – Dundas St. – new application lodged (25/01899/FUL) (to discuss)
    4. Overview of tools to access planning information (to note)
    5. Recent Planning Applications & Appeals (to note/discuss)
  7. Licencing Matters
    1. Recent Licencing Applications (to note/discuss)
  8. Culture and Communities Matters
    1. Report of C&C Committee Meeting held on 5 June 2025 (to note)
  9. Transport and Environment Matters
    1. Communal Bin Review Phase 6 Consultation Update (to note/discuss)
    2. City Mobility Plan Capital Investment Plan – NTBCC Deputation (to note)
    3. Cycle Hire Scheme (to note)
    4. Trams to Newhaven – Issues List and Actions (to note)
    5. Edinburgh Bus Users Group AGM (to note)
    6. Clean Air Day (to discuss/note)
  10. Any Other Business

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NTBCC Annual General Meeting Agenda Published

2025 NTBCC Annual General Meeting – Monday 9 June 2025

This will be an in-person meeting in the Drummond Room at Broughton St. Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent. The meeting will start promptly at 7.00pm and will be followed by our normal monthly meeting for which an agenda will be posted separately. Minutes from last year’s AGM, various annual reports for this year and the annual accounts can be accessed using the links below which will be updated as these are available.

Agenda

  1. Welcome and Apologies
  2. Formal Approval of 2024 AGM Minutes
  3. Annual Reports
    1. Chair 
    2. Committee Convenors
      1. Planning (Word version), (PDF version).
      2. Licensing
      3. Transport and Environment 
      4. Culture and Communities 
    3. Engagement Officer
    4. Treasurer
  4. Approval of Annual Accounts for Financial Year 2024-25
  5. Election of Office Bearers
  6. Election of Committee Convenors
  7. Any Other Business

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Calling all photographers! – Edinburgh Libraries

Edinburgh Libraries are running a photography competition celebrating gardens and the city’s parks, gardens and green spaces. The following is an extract from the notification we received:

The Unearthed Edinburgh theme salutes both the city’s wonderful green spaces and gardening as forces for creativity, resilience and connection. We welcome photos which celebrate any green space in the city, from the Meadows to your window box! 

The competition is free to enter and open to all. All entries must be submitted via Edinburgh Collected where they will become part of a community archive of Edinburgh memories.

Tell us in the accompanying description what makes the picture special to you. Entries will be judged on both their photographic merit and on the accompanying text.

There are fantastic prizes to be won! Enter for a chance to win:
1st prize – £100 book token
2nd prize – £50 book token
3rd prize – £25 book token.

The competition runs from 1 May to 31 July 2025.

Read the Unearthed Edinburgh full competition guidelines and terms and conditions, or if you have any queries, please get in touch with the Libraries’ Digital team via informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk