The Peebles Common Good Fund Sub-Committee met on Tuesday 7 July 2026. The primary item scheduled for discussion was an application for the use of Tweed Green for a community event. The meeting was also scheduled to address private business, with the public excluded.

Application for Use of Tweed Green

The committee was scheduled to consider a request for the use of Tweed Green for a community event. The report pack provided to attendees contained extensive documentation, spanning pages 3 to 30, detailing this application. The allocated time for this discussion was 20 minutes.

The meeting was also scheduled to address private business, with the public excluded from this part of the proceedings. This was to be done under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 7A of the Act.

The attendees for this meeting included Councillor Eric Small, Councillor Drummond Begg, Nuala McKinlay, Suzy Douglas, Catriona Ewen, Councillor Robin Tatler, Councillor Marshall Douglas, Councillor Julie Pirone, Councillor Viv Thomson (Chair), David Robertson, Judith Whellans, Gareth Smith, Lizzie Turner, George Ramsay, Tricia Hill, Gillian Sellar, Fiona Henderson, and Lynne Cuerden.