21st May 2025 by Mike Birch

Calling all photographers! – Edinburgh Libraries

Edinburgh Libraries are running a photography competition celebrating gardens and the city’s parks, gardens and green spaces. The following is an extract from the notification we received:

The Unearthed Edinburgh theme salutes both the city’s wonderful green spaces and gardening as forces for creativity, resilience and connection. We welcome photos which celebrate any green space in the city, from the Meadows to your window box!

The competition is free to enter and open to all. All entries must be submitted via Edinburgh Collected where they will become part of a community archive of Edinburgh memories.

Tell us in the accompanying description what makes the picture special to you. Entries will be judged on both their photographic merit and on the accompanying text.

There are fantastic prizes to be won! Enter for a chance to win:
1st prize – £100 book token
2nd prize – £50 book token
3rd prize – £25 book token.

The competition runs from 1 May to 31 July 2025.

Read the Unearthed Edinburgh full competition guidelines and terms and conditions, or if you have any queries, please get in touch with the Libraries’ Digital team via informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk

13th March 2025 by Mike Birch

The Big Wheel – Prince Street Gardens

As you may have seen in local media, there has been a lot of discussion about the plans to install a Big Wheel in East Princes Street Gardens this summer. According to the notification that we have received from the City of Edinburgh Council, it would operate from the start of July 2025 through to early January 2026 with only a brief suspension during part of October and November. The recent media interest has been sparked by discussion of this topic at our meeting on Monday which highlighted concerns about the impact on the city centre in summer of a further tourist attraction.

Further details can be found in the attached notification.

The Council has requested comments from stakeholders about the plans. The closing date for comments is Thursday 20 March 2025. Comments should be submitted to publicspaces@edinburgh.gov.uk

1st April 2024 by Bruce Ryan

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

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10th March 2024 by Bruce Ryan

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
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.
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