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26/01010/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Refused

Proposal

Change of use and alterations to former Funeral Directors / parlour to create seven serviced apartments with integral manager's accommodation (as amended) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

13 Mar 2026

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Validated

25 Mar 2026

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Refused

17 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 17 Sept 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 16 Sept 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

Officers advised refusal because seven short-term let units would harm neighbouring amenity despite wider economic benefits.
There were 38 supporting representations and four objections, including concerns about amenity, parking and management.
The committee refused planning permission on a division for the stated reasons.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, representations and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 16 Sept 2026.

Documents 54

Site constraints 3

Grade A listed: 37, 39, 40, 41 London Street, Edinburgh

List entry LB29260 · 1 m away · 27 more listed buildings within 150 m (11 Grade A, 9 Grade B, 7 Grade C)

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show the other 27 with distances

14 m42, 43, 44, 45 London Street, EdinburghGrade A
39 m68, 70, 72, 74, 76 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade B
48 m36 London Street, EdinburghGrade A
49 m1, 2, 3 Mansfield Place, EdinburghGrade A
56 m62, 64, 66 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade B
68 m56, 58, 60 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade B
73 m5, 7, 9 East London Street, EdinburghGrade B
73 mPublic House, 1, 3 East London Street, EdinburghGrade C
80 m52-54 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade B
84 m105, 107, 109 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade C
86 m11, 13, 15, 17, 19 East London Street, EdinburghGrade C
90 m18-20 Barony Street, EdinburghGrade B
96 m1 Bellevue Crescent, EdinburghGrade A
96 m103 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade C
100 mCatholic Apostolic Church, East London Street, EdinburghGrade A
104 m42, 44, 46, 48 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade A
113 m93, 95, 97, 99, 101 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade A
113 m93, 95, 97, 99, 101 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade B
119 m38 Barony Street, EdinburghGrade C
123 m1, 3-3A London Street, EdinburghGrade A
124 m15, 17, 19 Barony Street, EdinburghGrade C
129 mGlasite Meeting House, 33 Barony Street, EdinburghGrade A
131 m2, 4 London Street, EdinburghGrade A
131 m1, 3, 5, 7 Barony Street, EdinburghGrade A
136 m35 Barony Street, EdinburghGrade C
141 m87 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade B
147 m81, 83, 85 Broughton Street, EdinburghGrade B

Historic Environment Scotland ↗

Registered park or garden: The New Town Gardens

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic Environment Scotland ↗

New Town conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council: Edinburgh
Application type: Planning Permission STL
Postcode: EH3 6LX
Received: 13 Mar 2026
Validated: 25 Mar 2026
Ward: City Centre
Parish: New Town + Broughton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 May 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 17 Sept 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Architects Designworks.

How this decision compares

Decided in 176 days from validation, 99 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 77 for changes of use. Refused, as 49% of changes of use here are.

This one176d

Council77d

UK56d

27%decided within 8 weeks

51%approved

13%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →