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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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Licensing Board Supplementary Policy Consultation, Assessment of Overprovision – NTBCC response May 2025

NTBCC submitted the following in response to the consultation at Statement of Licensing Policy – Assessment of Overprovision – City of Edinburgh Council – Citizen Space on 1 May 2025.

Introduction

1 Your details

First name: New Town & Broughton
Surname: Community Council
Email address: licensing (at) ntbcc.org.uk
Yes, I consent to being contacted about this consultation: Yes

2 Who are you responding as?

I am responding on behalf of an organisation
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NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 10 March 2025

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held via Zoom, on Monday 10 March 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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Agenda for Meeting of New Town and Broughton Community Council on 14 April 2025

The agenda for the next meeting of the New Town and Broughton Community Council on Monday 14 April 2025 at the Drummond Room, Broughton St Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent is shown below. Please note that this meeting will commence earlier than usual at 6.45pm to allow time for our Returning Officer, Councillor Claire Miller to announce the results of the recent community council election for our area and confirm the appointment of Office Bearers.

Agenda for New Town and Broughton Community Council Meeting – 14 April 2025

  1. Welcome, Introductions and Apologies
  2. Declarations of Interest
  3. Announcing Community Council Members as duly elected
  4. Confirmation of Community Council Name
  5. Election of Office Bearers
    1. Appointment of Chair
    2. Appointment of Secretary
    3. Appointment of Treasurer
    4. Appointment of Engagement and Inclusion Officer
  6. Community Council Representatives to attend induction event on 26 April 2025.

Note: The above items will be chaired by the appointed Returning Officer for the New Town and Broughton Community Council election, Councillor Claire Miller.

  1. Approval of Minutes of 10 March 2025 Meeting and Matters Arising
  2. Presentation with Questions & Answers by Councillor Stephen Jenkinson, Convenor of CEC Transport and Environment Committee
  3. Chair’s Report
    1. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and Interface Group Meetings (to note)
  4. Planning Matters
    1. Planning Guidance Consultation – NTBCC Response (to note)
    2. Planning Local Review Body Decision – 12 Blenheim Place (to discuss)
    3. Recent Planning Applications
  5. Licencing Matters (convener’s report)
    1. Licensing Board
      1. Licensing Applications & Standards – Feb 2025 statistics (to note)
      2. Overprovision – additional consultation (to note/discuss)
    2. Civic Licensing + Tables & Chairs (to note)
    3. Beltane Fire Festival – Queue Management (to note/discuss)
  6. Transport and Environment Matters (convenor’s report)
    1. Communal Bin Review Phase 6 Consultation – NTBCC Response (to note)
    2. Trams to Newhaven Project Update (to note)
  7. Culture and Communities Matters
  8. Any Other Business

 

 

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NTBCC’s response to Edinburgh Council’s consultation on draft planning documents

Please see the attached PDF, or the full text after the ‘read ore’ cut.

NTBCC Response To Draft Planning Guidance Documents

NTBCC has two general points for consideration.

  • There is a need for greater consistency regarding decision-making on planning matters generally. At times decisions appear to be contradictory or are otherwise inexplicable. The Council should have in place systems that can provide internally and externally assurance that decisions have the necessary degree of consistency.
  • There should be a tighter enforcement regime. The Council should review its approach to enforcement regarding planning decisions to provide reassurance that owners and developers are not able to disregard regulations and guidance without any consequences.

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Licensing Board Supplementary Policy Consultation – Assessment of Overprovision, closes 4 May 2025

Adapted from a Licensing Board communication received by the New Town & Broughton Community Council, inviting the public to comment on whether the whole of the City of Edinburgh Council’s area should be overprovided, whether specific localities be overprovided, or whether there should be no overprovision localities in its area.

Closing date for online submissions:  4 May 2025.

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

Full details can be found here: Statement of Licensing Policy – Assessment of Overprovision – City of Edinburgh Council – Citizen Space

NB: The current (2018) Assessment of Overprovision as set out in Chapter 14 and Appendix 2 of the Board’s new Statement of Licensing Policy (published 27 November 2023) continues to form part of the Board’s Statement of Licensing Policy meanwhile.

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The Big Wheel in Princes Gardens – A Decision!

We have recently received an email from the Council following the representations that we and others had made regarding the extended operating period that had been proposed for The Big Wheel in Princes Gardens. The following is an extract from that email.

Thank you for responding and providing feedback on the application to host a Big Wheel in East Princes Street Gardens this summer.

The engagement stage of the process has now closed and having considered feedback from all our internal and external stakeholders, we have agreed that this application should not proceed.

Please share this information with your own networks as required.

Clearly it  shows that at least on some occasions, it is worth providing timely comments. Thanks to everyone that did so.