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‘Statutory’ agenda for NTBCC meeting on Monday 11 December (in-person meeting)

The next NTBCC public meeting will be held on Monday 11 December 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 (13 November 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.

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NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 9 October 2023

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, at Broughton St Mary’s church, on Monday 9 October 2023 at 7pm

Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision. Continue reading →

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NTBCC AGM minutes 9 October 2023

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s AGM, at Broughton St Mary’s church, on Monday 9 October 2023 at 7pm

Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision.

URLs have been added by the minutes secretary. Continue reading →

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NTBCC full agenda Monday 13 November 2023 and convenor reports received so far

This will be an online meeting on Monday 13 November 2023 via Zoom (link) at 7pm. We’ll open the meeting at 6:45 so we can start promptly.

To access the meeting, please use the Zoom link here.

  1. Admin and welcome
  2. Approval of the minutes of the ordinary NTBCC meeting held on 9 October 2023, and matters arising (To approve/discuss)
  3. Police report (if received) (To note/discuss)
  4. Chair’s update
  5. Licensing (convener’s report)
    • Short Term Let Licensing scheme – Home Letting vs Secondary Letting (To discuss)
    • Alcohol Licensing
      • New draft policy statement and consultation (To note)
      • Police annual report 2022-2023 (To note)
    • Street trading and market operators consultation (To note)
    • SEV licensing – CEC regulatory committee evidence session on 27 Oct (To note)
  6. Planning (convener’s report)
    • Concerns over planning (class use/enforcement) and licensing for cafés
    • Update on STL planning applications and licensing register
    • Proposed development in the Canon Court aparthotel car-park (23/06328/FUL)
    • Broughton Market (23/06502/FUL)  Change of use from office accommodation to serviced apartments
    • Edinburgh Council’s conservation and adaption initiative
  7. Transport (convener’s report)
    • George Street and the First New Town project (update on side streets)
    • Travelling Safely update (including Waverley Station masterplan/Waterloo Place bus trial)
    • Response to HES consultation regarding Holyrood Park
    • Report on outcome of Hardie Inquiry
    • Updates: Trams project, East London Street and LEZ
  8. Environment (convener’s report)
  9. Culture and Communities (convener’s report)
    • Presentation/discussion on Edinburgh Council’s community council review
      (There were no relevant items arising from this cycle of CEC committee meetings.)
  10. 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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NTBCC meeting minutes 11 September 2023

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, on Zoom, on Monday 11 September 2023 at 7pm

Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision.

URLs have been added by the minutes secretary. Continue reading →

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NTBCC engagement plan, October 2023

Original PDF: 2022-23 Engagement report.

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Noticeboards
  3. NTBCC website
  4. twitter
  5. Residents’ associations
  6. Walkabouts
  7. Formal responses to local government consultations and deputations to City of Edinburgh Council committees</li>
  8. Engagement with other community councils, networks and heritage organizations</li>
  9. Reform of the community councils
  10. Previous NTBCC Engagement Plans

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NTBCC AGM agenda : Monday 9 October and framework agenda for the October ordinary NTBCC meeting

The AGM will be an in-person meeting on Monday 9 October  2023, starting at 7:00pm, in the Drummond Room at Broughton St Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent, to be immediately followed by the ordinary NTBCC monthly meeting. Access via the path at the right hand side of the Church.

  1. Welcome, introduction and apologies
  2. Submission & adoption of  13 June 2022 AGM minutes as previously approved
  3. *Chair’s annual report summary (covering June 2022 – October 2023)
    The annual report is now here. It includes convenors’ reports on transport, planning, environment, licensing, engagement. The engagement officer’s report will be issued separately. 
  4. *Treasurer’s report: annual accounts for the period April 2022 – March 2023
    The independently examined & approved accounts can be viewed here.
    Further supplementary information can be seen in the Treasurer’s report here.
  5. Demit of current office bearers & Election of office bearers
    • Chair: Nomination/s (Proposer/Seconder), vote if required
    • Secretary: Nomination/s (Proposer/Seconder), vote if required
    • Treasurer: Nomination/s (Proposer/Seconder), vote if required
    • Engagement Officer: Nomination/s (Proposer/Seconder), vote if required
    • Vicechair: Nomination/s (Proposer/Seconder), vote if required
  6. Dates, times and venue of future ordinary meetings and the next Annual General Meeting
  7. Close of AGM

* Agenda items 3 & 4 to include questions from members of the public attending.

The October 2023 NTBCC ordinary meeting will follow on directly from AGM. The detailed agenda for the ordinary meeting will be published in due course, but for now here is the ‘statutory’/framework agenda.

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