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

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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

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NTBCC meeting minutes 14 August 2023

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, at Broughton St Mary’s church, on Monday 14 August 2023 at 7pm

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NTBCC meeting full agenda Monday 11 September 2023, and convenor reports

NTBCC ordinary meeting: via Zoom, on Monday 11 September, starting at 7:00pm

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

  1. Welcome / Introductions / Attendance
  2. Approval of the minutes of the ordinary NTBCC meeting held on 14th August 2023 (To approve)
  3. Matters arising from previous minutes (and not included on agenda below) (To discuss)
  4. Police report (if received) and update on format of police report (To note/discuss)
  5. Culture and Communities (no convener’s report)
    • George Street & First New Town Stakeholder meeting update, including possible attendance of a representative from the Edinburgh Access Panel (To discuss/agree next steps)
  6. Planning (convener’s report to follow)
    • 108 – 118 Dundas Street (22/05886/FUL &22/05884/CON) 23 August Hearing outcome (To note)
    • New applications at 72 – 74 Eyre Place (Former Jewsons yard) (23/04808/FUL) (To note/discuss)
    • Latest proposal for the Royal High School/National Centre for Music – see Spurtle summary
  7. Environment (convener’s report)
  8. ‘Conservation and adaptation’
  9. Licensing (convener’s report)
    • Updated ‘Statement of Licensing Policy’ and upcoming consultation (To note)
    • STL Licensing (To note)
    • Licensing applications (1 Gayield Square) (To note)
  10. Transport (convener’s report)
  11. Councillors’/residents’ open forum
  12. AGM
    • to be held on 9 October (in person) and committee reports

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

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NTBCC meeting minutes 12 December 2022

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Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Points Update – Penalties for ‘Over-staying’

In our previous post, we highlighted concerns raised by users of the recently commissioned EV charge points.

Whilst we broadly support the roll-out of these charge points, we are concerned that users may not be fully aware of the restrictions on their use – specifically the penalties for over-staying. After a useful discussion at the recent NTBCC February meeting (which was extremely well-attended by local councillors , thank you to all of them – very much appreciated) – we now have a clearer understanding about the concerns that have been raised with NTBCC relating to penalty charges being incurred for overstaying the stated allowable time at these charge points.

Although the Council’s website is clear about the maximum allowable stay at these locations (dependent on the type of EV charger as stated below), it is less clear on the process for determining this.

Standard 7kW charger

  • £0.25 per kWh
  • maximum stay 12 hours
  • £30 overstay penalty
  • no return within 4 hours

Fast 22kW charger

  • £0.30 per kWh
  • maximum stay 3 hours
  • £30 overstay penalty
  • no return within 4 hours

Rapid 50kW charger

  • £0.35 per kWh
  • maximum stay 30 minutes
  • £30 overstay penalty
  • no return within 4 hours

What we learned was that the duration is determined by the connection time of the vehicle at these EV chargers which is automatically recorded by ChargePlace Scotland. If the maximum duration is exceeded, then a penalty charge is levied immediately on the user’s Charge Place Scotland account. There is no ‘grace period’ and users may not be aware that a penalty charge has been levied until they receive their statement of account from ChargePlace Scotland in the following days / weeks.

So, for clarity, if your vehicle is connected beyond the maximum stay allowable (which is dependent on the EV charger output as above) – then PLEASE NOTE you will incur a penalty charge.

Whilst we would hope that further consideration is given to the maximum allowable durations permitted (which seem relatively short, especially on the Rapid chargers and to a lesser extent, the Fast chargers); currently users of these charge points will have accepted the current restrictions and penalty charges and therefore need to abide by them.