Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held via Zoom on Monday 9 March 2026 at 7pm
Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision. Continue reading
Author: Bruce Ryan
Local Traffic Improvement Programme: 2 proposals in NTBCC area approved
At the CEC transport and environment meeting on 2 April, two of the ‘local traffic improvement’ items proposed for NTBCC’s area were approved. These items are
- Carlton Terrace Brae: removal of a small number of parking bays, and build-out of pavement at the junction to provide a safer crossing for pedestrians
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Rodney Street/Broughton Road: Junction review and potential buildouts
It has been pointed out that NTBCC’s area gets two out of only 18 funded items. A list of these items is on pages 116-117 of the TEC agenda.
NTBCC views on the process for Community Council elections 2025
This document was drafted in early March 2026, then approved at NTBCC’s meeting on 13 April 2026.
A statutory review of the Scheme for Community Councils was concluded on the 21st of August 2024 following three phases of consultation. The final Scheme and Boundary Review was considered and approved by the City Council on 24th of September 2024 and again on 7 November 2024 following certain amendments.
Nominations were open from the 6th of February until the 27th of February 2025, with the possibility of elections being held on the 27th of March, if the number of nominations exceeded the number of places on the Community Council. Continue reading
NTBCC stakeholder engagement strategy
NTBCC today (13 April 2026) published its engagement strategy. This ‘sets out how we will aim to engage, communicate and collaborate in a clear, consistent and transparent way. It explains our goals, our engagement commitments, how we work with others and how we aim to measure success’.
The strategy is online as both a PDF and as text.
If you have any comments or queries about the strategy – or about anything to do with NTBCC – please use our contact form.
NTBCC full agenda Monday 13 April 2026 and conveners’ reports received so far
The next NTBCC public meeting will held be on Monday 13 April, 7pm to 9pm. It will be an an in-person meeting, in the Drummond Room at Broughton St Mary’s Church (12 Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 6NE). Continue reading
‘Statutory’ agenda for NTBCC meeting on Monday 13 April 2026
The next NTBCC public meeting will held be on Monday 13 April, 7pm to 9pm. It will be an in-person meeting, at Broughton St Mary’s church (Drummond room).
The detailed agenda for this meeting will be published in due course, but for now here is the ‘statutory’/framework agenda.
Ordinary meeting
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- Welcome, introductions and apologies
- Approval of draft March minutes
- Matters arising
- Planning
- Culture & Communities
- Licensing
- Transport & Environment
- Councillors’ reports
- Open forum (for residents to raise any concerns)
- AOCB
As always, members of the public are very welcome to attend this meeting and indeed future meetings (whether in-person or virtual).
Any member of the public who would like to raise an issue in the interim can use the contact form on this website or send us a message via @NTBCC on Twitter and we will respond as soon as we can.
NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 9 February 2026
Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held at Broughton St Mary’s church on Monday 9 February 2026 at 7pm
Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision.