26 Windsor Street Edinburgh EH7 5JR Data via plota.co.uk

26/02145/CLE - Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) Approved

Proposal

Guest house. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 May 2026
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Approved
16 Jun 2026

Approved on 16 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 10 Windsor Street, Edinburgh, Grade A, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 13 Grade A, 2 Grade B, 2 Grade C
The site itself is not listed. 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 all 17 with distances
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.
SSSI about 171 m away: Arthur's Seat Volcano
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Edinburgh
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Postcode
EH7 5JR
Received
19 May 2026
Validated
19 May 2026
Ward
Leith Walk
Parish
Leith Central
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Jul 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
16 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Lim Yap.

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 49 days faster than Edinburgh's median of 77 for changes of use. Approved, as 50% of changes of use here are.

29%decided within 8 weeks
50%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 →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
9 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No