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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 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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NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 14 April 2025

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held via Zoom, on Monday 14 April 2025 at 7pm 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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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)