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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 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 submits deputation to Council regarding planned delays to work on “Cross Streets” in George Street Project

The New Town and Broughton Community Council has submitted a written deputation to the  Council’s Transport and  Environment Committee meeting on Thursday highlighting the consequences for residents, bus users and the disabled of the plan to defer work on the Frederick, Hanover and Castle Streets (the Cross Streets) which has previously been an integral part of the George Street and First New Town Project. The following is an extract from that deputation but the full document is attached below along with a link to a drawing from the approved Operational Plan for George Street showing the planned location on the Cross Streets of bus stops, taxi ranks and parking.

“Deputation to the Transport and Environment Committee Meeting on 22 May 2025 regarding item 7.5 City Mobility Plan – Capital Investment Plan Prioritisation

The New Town and Broughton Community Council supports the rigorous approach taken in this report to prioritise the various planned activities in support of the City Mobility Plan but has serious concerns about the separation of the planned work on the ‘Cross Streets’ from the main George Street and First New Town project.

This is not rational as the plans to remove vehicular traffic from George Street are dependent on the work on the Cross Streets. In particular, the relocation of bus services, restriction of disabled parking and removal of resident parking from George Street that is contained within the latest Operational Plan for George Street (see attached drawing from June 2023 report to this committee) is reliant on suitable alternative infrastructure being in place on the Cross Streets to allow both the planned construction work to redevelop George Street to commence and its future operation largely without vehicles.

We have been involved with the plans for George Street and the First New Town over many years. In all the presentations we have attended and in previous reports to this committee, the work on the Cross Streets has been seen as an integral part of the overall project.

We believe that the planned work on the Cross Streets is an essential and integral element of the overall project rather than an optional extra that can be delayed to accommodate funding restrictions. If there is a need to phase the projects, the Cross Streets work should come first to enable the future redevelopment of George Street and address immediate issues with the condition of these streets.

 

Mike Birch

Transport and Environment Convenor – NTBCC

Full NTBCC Deputation

NTBCC Deputation Attachment

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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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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