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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

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NTBCC meeting full agenda Monday 14 August 2023, and convenor reports received so far

NTBCC ordinary meeting: Drummond room at Broughton St Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent
Monday 14 August, starting at 7:00pm

    1. Welcome / Introductions / Attendance
    2. Approval of the minutes of the ordinary NTBCC meeting held on 12th June 2023 (To approve)
    3. Matters arising from previous minutes (and not included on agenda below) (To discuss)
    4. Police matters and proposal for improved reporting (To note/discuss)
    5. Culture and Communities (Convener’s report)
      • CEC Culture & Communities Committee held on 10 August 2023
      • Edinburgh’s Winter Festivals – update on procurement (To note / discuss)
      • Calton Hill – Request to Re-open Nelson Monument (To note)
    6. Licensing (Convener’s report)
      • HMO Best Practice Guide 2023 consultation (closing 10 August) (To note)
      • STL Licensing – Council update following the Judicial Review (To note)
      • Licensing applications – e.g. 1 Gayfield Square (To discuss)
    7. Transport (Convener’s report)
      • Tram works – handover / Road safety Audit (To note)
      • East London Street – petition at 17 August Transport & Environment Committee (To note)
      • Picardy Place – compliance with Edinburgh Street Design Guidance (To note / discuss)
      • Participation Request vs. less formal discussions with Transport Officials (To note / discuss)
    8. Planning (Convener’s report)
    9. Environment (Convener’s report)
    10. Governance
      • Future planning for Office Bearers (To discuss)
      • CEC upcoming consultation re. Community councils boundaries / funding etc. (To note / discuss)
    11. AGM (as agreed to be held on 9 October (In Person) and committee reports)
    12. Residents’ Open Forum / AOCB

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 13 March 2023

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, at Broughton St Mary’s church, on Monday 13 March 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 meeting minutes 26 September 2022

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, at Broughton St Mary’s Church, on Monday 26 September 2022 at 7pm

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NTBCC meeting agenda Monday 26 September 2022

This meeting replaces the one that should have been held on 12 September.

Agenda for in-person public meeting, in the Drummond Room, Broughton St Mary’s church, 7pm

    1. 7:00pm: Welcome
    2. Minutes of 8th August 2022 meeting and matters arising
      (To approve)
    3. Police Report (In person TBC)
      (To note, Police Scotland key messages)
      (10 mins)
    4. Presentation: ONTE World Heritage Management Plan for 2022-7 Community engagement and Q&A with Gabriella Lang/Jenny Bruce
      (20 mins)
    5. Engagement and Communications
      1. George Street & First New Town project
        Update – Stage 3 Design, Operational Plan and associated reports
        (10 mins)
    6. Planning
      • 72/74 Eyre Place – revised applications
        (10 mins)
      • Former Royal High School (National School for Music) – update
      • Dunard Centre (Impact) – latest news
    7. Environment
      • Picardy Place – update from August 16th meeting and next steps
        (15 mins)
      • Waste collection – rollout of CBH in NTBCC area as now approved
      • Calton Hill
      • ‘Fly Festival 2022’ and PSMP (Public Spaces Management Plan) update
    8. Transport
      • East London Street/Drummond Place and Lothian Buses
        (10 min)
      • EV charging – update
    9. Licensing
      • Short Term Lets 2022 – consultation2 – NTBCC response
        (15 mins)
      • Summary of meeting with CEC officials
    10. Finances – Treasurer update
      (5 mins)
    11. Any other business & news from local residents’ associations
      (5 mins)

 

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NTBCC meeting agenda Monday 12 September 2022

Agenda for in-person public meeting, in the Drummond Room, Broughton St Mary’s church, 7pm

    1. 7:00pm: Welcome
    2. Minutes of 8th August 2022 meeting and matters arising
      (To approve)
    3. Police Report (In person TBC)
      (To note, Police Scotland key messages)
      (10 mins)
    4. Engagement and Communications
      1. George Street & First New Town project
        Update – Stage 3 Design, Operational Plan and associated reports
        (10 mins)
    5. Planning
      • 72 /74 Eyre Place – revised applications
        (15 mins)
      • Former Royal High School (National School for Music) – update
      • Dunard Centre (Impact) – latest news
    6. Environment
      • Picardy Place – update from August 16th meeting and next steps
        (20 mins)
      • Waste collection – rollout of CBH in NTBCC area as now approved
      • Fall-out from industrial action
      • Calton Hill
      • ‘Fly Festival 2022’ – example of current EPOG (Event Planning & Operations Group) & future of PSMP (Public Spaces Management Plan) for NTBCC
    7. Transport
      • East London Street / Drummond Place and Lothian Buses
        (10 min)
      • EV charging – update
    8. Licensing
      • Short Term Lets 2022 – consultation2 – NTBCC response
        (10 mins)
    9. Finances – Treasurer update
      (5 mins)
    10. ONTE World Heritage Management Plan for 2022-7 Community engagement
      (5 mins)
    11. Any other business & news from local residents’ associations
      (10 mins)

 

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Response from New Town and Broughton Community Council to proposed Low Emission Zone Scheme for Edinburgh.

Executive Summary

Having considered the information provided in support of the final scheme and in particular the Council’s responses to the comments submitted by the various stakeholders, while the New Town and Broughton Community Council continues to support the principle of introducing a Low Emission Zone, we can no longer support the current proposals due to their adverse impact on residents.

Given that none of the issues that we highlighted in our previous consultation response submitted in September 2021 have been addressed to our satisfaction, we wish to largely resubmit those comments but also highlight our concerns about the consultation process.

Despite clear reasons for change, there is no evidence that the City of Edinburgh Council has seriously considered any of the issues that we (and others) raised about the current plans. Some of the issues (lack of effective enforcement) were completely ignored and others (displacement of traffic into predominantly residential areas) are dismissed on the basis that it is too difficult to make changes to the current arrangements.

This approach is contrary to the Scottish Government’s efforts to encourage community empowerment and their intent to introduce meaningful changes to reduce atmospheric emissions from traffic in Scotland’s four major cities.

We therefore object to the current scheme for the reasons set out below.

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