NTBCC has written to CEC about the concerns around sale of land at Eyre Place, raised by Canonmills Owners and Residents Association.
Here is a PDF of the letter: CORA advisory letter to CEC.
Below is the text of the letter
Eyre Place
NTBCC full agenda Monday 8 April 2024 and conveners’ reports received so far
This will be an in-person meeting: Monday 8 April at 7pm, in the Drummond Room at Broughton St Mary’s Church on Bellevue Crescent.
- Admin/welcome
- Minutes of 11th March 2024 meeting and matters arising
- Chair’s update
- Review Of Scheme For Community Councils And Their Boundaries – NTBCC submission
paper from chair - Edinburgh World Heritage – Management Plan Consultation – NTBCC response
paper from chair
- Review Of Scheme For Community Councils And Their Boundaries – NTBCC submission
- Canonmills Owners and Residents Association (CORA), Garden Area Eyre Place (23/01201/FUL)
- Treasurer’s report
- Community grants fund
- Licensing (convener’s report)
- Supplementary Statement of Licensing Policy: ‘Overprovision’ – consultation closes 13 May 2024
- Outdoor drinking versus non-drinking areas
- Transport (convener’s report)
- Future streets meeting – proposed arrangements
- LEZ implementation – proposed questions for quarterly transport meeting with Council officials
- April Transport and Environment Committee – expected agenda items (confirm NTBCC position)
- Planning (convener’s report)
- 26 Dunedin St – Student Housing (PBSA) – revised proposal (24/01451/FUL)
- Current cases with Scottish Government, Division of Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA), including City Plan 2030 Update
- Current consultations: City Plan 2040 Participation (closes 1 May 2024)
- ‘City Plan 2040’: Local Place Plans – update on NTBCC position
- Culture and Communities (convener’s report)
- Update on ongoing issues
- Environment (convener’s report)
- Princes Street and Waverley strategy
- Councillors’ reports
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Any other business, including news from local Residents’ Associations and points raised by members of public
NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 11 March 2024
Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s meeting, via Zoom, on Monday 11 March 2024 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.
1 Administration and welcome
NTBCC ordinary meeting minutes 12 February 2024
Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s meeting, at Broughton St Mary’s Church, on Monday 12 February 2024 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
NTBCC full agenda Monday 11 March 2024 and conveners’ reports received so far
This will be an online meeting on Monday 11 March at 7pm, via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2776483882?pwd=WkdwZWxuWWhDV2Y3eVhXZTQyS2ZwUT09)
- Admin/welcome
- Minutes of 12th February 2024 meeting and matters arising
- Chair’s update
- NTBCC response to CEC Community Council Scheme and Boundary Review 2023 – update
- Police matters
- Our Future Streets: a circulation plan for Edinburgh
- Edinburgh World Heritage Site management plan
- Planning (convener’s report)
- Feedback from recent consultation on proposed re-development at Calton Square (former Baillie Gifford building)
- ‘Responsible Construction Working Group’ – feedback from NTBCC attendees
See also this report by an NTBCC member - Recent Council / DPEA decisions:
- Bellevue Crescent Amenity space (23/03944/FUL)
- 72 – 74 Eyre Place (PBSA & townhouses)
- 1 Gayfield Square (23/04307/FUL) – addition of restricted Class 10 use
- Licensing (convener’s report)
- Planning Section 50 Certificates – Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005
- Outdoor area for serving alcohol – licensed footprint vs tables & chairs permit
- Transport (convener’s report)
- Feedback from Transport & Environment Committee on 7 March 2024
- Cllr Mowat’s motion: CCWEL (City Centre West to East Link) project
- Change in proposal for determining Traffic Orders
- Feedback from Transport & Environment Committee on 7 March 2024
- Environment (convener’s report)
- Culture and Communities (convener’s report)
- Reopening of the Nelson Monument (to note)
- Signage for buskers (to note)
- Fireworks control zones (FCZ) (to note)
- Events budgeting (to note)
- Parks and openspace investment (to note)
- Million tree city/allergens (to note)
- 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.
Continue reading
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.
URLs have been added by the minutes secretary. Continue reading
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.
- Admin and welcome
- Approval of the minutes of the ordinary NTBCC meeting held on 11 December 2023, and matters arising (To approve)
- Police report
- Chair’s update
- 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
- 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
- Culture and Communities (convener’s report)
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Update on current/ongoing issues
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- 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)
- Licensing Board
- Environment (convener’s report)
- City Of Edinburgh Council – Note Of Meeting Of Graffiti Summit
- City Centre And Communal Bin Review: Public Engagement
- Councillors’ reports
- 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.