Licensing Board – Applications in NTBCC’s Area : 15 February 2024

Adapted from a Licensing Board notification received by the New Town & Broughton Community Council of new alcohol licensing application(s) within NTBCC’s area.

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


Please find below the following application(s) due to be heard at the meeting of the Licensing Board (dates to be confirmed) which are located in your Community Council area.

Variation      512647      6 Baxter’s Place (Planet), Edinburgh, EH1 3AF

Variation      520047      1 Canonmills (One Canon), Edinburgh, EH3 5HA

Any comments/objections should be lodged in writing by 07/03/2024 (please note we recommend forwarding representations by e-mail to licensing@edinburgh.gov.uk).

Full details of the applications can be found here: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13426/alcohol-licence-registers

NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 11 December 2023

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, on Zoom, on Monday 11 December 2023 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 full agenda Monday 12 February 2024 and convenor reports received so far

This will be an in-person meeting on Monday 12 February at 7pm, in the Drummond Room at Broughton St Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent.

  1. Admin and welcome
  2. Approval of the minutes of the ordinary NTBCC meeting held on 11 December 2023, and matters arising (To approve)
  3. Police report
  4. Chair’s update
    • Report To Council – Review Of Scheme For Community Councils And Their Boundaries
      Relevant CEC papers are here and here.
    • Local Place Plans
    • Edinburgh World Heritage – Management Plan
      Relevant CEC paper is here.
  5. Transport (convener’s report)
    • Trams to Newhaven – Planned Close Out Report
    • Our Future Streets – Impact on New Town Residents
    • George Street – Cross Streets Design Consultation
  6. Planning (convener’s report)
    • Proposal 28 St Andrew Square for change of use from office to hotel
    • Proposal 9-10 St Andrew Square for change of use from office/retail to hotel and restaurant
    • Notice of pre-application for refurbishment of Baillie Gifford office on Leith Street/Calton Square
    • Application for integration of existing commercial premises into the Edinburgh Playhouse.
    • 72-74 Eyre Place Planning Appeal (DPEA) update
    • Points of Interest: 5G installation Drumsheugh Place (renewal refused); approval of hotel on Queensferry Street/Shandwick Place (just outside NTBCC area); approval by CEC Planning Committee of the draft ‘Old & New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site Management Plan’ consultation; Taco Bell taking over former Bank of Scotland, Picardy Place; student accommodation; and Glasgow Willow Tea Rooms to Princes Street
  7. Culture and Communities (convener’s report)
    • Update on current/ongoing issues
  8. Licensing (convener’s report)
    • Licensing Board
      • Update on new Statement of Policy, as related to Overprovision
      • Proposal to fast-track applications for Major Variations
    • Regulatory Committee
      • Update on Short Term Let Licensing, following Judicial Review on STL Planning Policy
      • Sheriff recommendation to add gas safety information as condition (following Fatal Accident Inquiry)
  9. Environment (convener’s report)
  10. Councillors’ reports
  11. AOCB, including news from residents’ associations, and points raised by members of the public.

Please note: before or during the meeting, names and email addresses may be recorded. Email addresses are held and used for circulating information about NTBCC but may also be used to seek residents’ views on local issues.

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‘Statutory’ agenda for NTBCC meeting on Monday 12 February (in-person meeting)

The next NTBCC public meeting will be held on Monday 12 February at 7:00pm, in the Drummond Room at Broughton St Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent.

The detailed agenda for this meeting will be published in due course, but for now here is the ‘statutory’/framework agenda.

    1. Welcome, introductions and apologies
    2. Approval of draft minutes of previous meeting (11 December 2023)
    3. Matters arising
    4. Policing matters
    5. Transport
    6. Licensing
    7. Culture & Communities
    8. Environment
    9. Engagement / Communications
    10. Planning
    11. Councillors’ reports
    12. Open Forum (for residents to raise any concerns)
    13. AOCB

This is the NTBCC standard agenda. A more detailed agenda with specific topics will be published before the meeting.

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.

Civic Licensing – Late Hours Catering Application(s) in NTBCC’s Area : 24 January 2024

Adapted from a civic notice received by the New Town & Broughton Community Council from the Council’s Licensing Service, in relation to new Late Hours Catering Licence application(s) in NTBCC’s area.

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


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for the undernoted licences have been received by The City of Edinburgh Council.

Anyone wishing to object to the grant of a licence must lodge a written objection or representation specifying the grounds of the objection or the nature of the representation to the City of Edinburgh Council, Licensing Service, 249 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ, by; <see below> (please note we recommend forwarding representations by e-mail to licensing@edinburgh.gov.uk).

515957    137 Princes Street (McDonald’s), Edinburgh, EH2 4BL     Sun-Thu 23.00-02.00 ; Fri & Sat 23.00-03.00
Closing date for written submissions:  21 February 2024

Full details of the applications can be found here:

www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13239/licensing-registers-civic

Licensing Board – Applications in NTBCC’s Area : 18 January 2024

Adapted from a Licensing Board notification received by the New Town & Broughton Community Council of new alcohol licensing application(s) within NTBCC’s area.

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


Please find below the following application(s) due to be heard at the meeting of the Licensing Board (dates to be confirmed) which are located in your Community Council area.

Provisional    517915      3c York Place (ex- Fortitude Coffee shop), Edinburgh, EH1 3EB
as related to Planning application 23/07111/S50 | Request for a Planning Section 50 Certificate (Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005) | 3C York Place New Town Edinburgh EH1 3EB that was granted on 08 Dec 2023.

Variation      517239      19 Broughton Street (Cafe Piccante), Edinburgh, EH1 3JU

Variation      516255      Gf, 18-20 George Street (Hard Rock Cafe), Edinburgh, EH2 2PF

Any comments/objections should be lodged in writing by 08/02/2024 (please note we recommend forwarding representations by e-mail to licensing@edinburgh.gov.uk).

Full details of the applications can be found here: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13426/alcohol-licence-registers

Civic Licensing – Second Hand Dealer Application(s) in NTBCC’s Area : 15 January 2024

Adapted from a civic notice received by the New Town & Broughton Community Council from the Council’s Licensing Service, in relation to new Second Hand Dealer Licence application(s) in NTBCC’s area.

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


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for the undernoted licences have been received by The City of Edinburgh Council.

Anyone wishing to object to the grant of a licence must lodge a written objection or representation specifying the grounds of the objection or the nature of the representation to the City of Edinburgh Council, Licensing Service, 249 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ, by; <see below> (please note we recommend forwarding representations by e-mail to licensing@edinburgh.gov.uk).

516215   106 – 108 Rose Street (Goodwins Antiques), Edinburgh, EH2 3JF      Tue-Sat 10.00-17.00
Closing date for written submissions:  7 February 2024

508065   95 – 96A Princes Street (Mobile Plus), Edinburgh, EH2 2ER      Mon-Sun 09.00-19.00
Closing date for written submissions:  12 February 2024

Full details of the applications can be found here:

www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/13239/licensing-registers-civic