1F1 24 Duncan Street Edinburgh EH9 1SR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Retrospective change of use of premises to short-term let accommodation. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
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 the use would harm neighbours’ amenity and had not justified losing a home.
- Twenty-three people supported the application and one objected, citing amenity, licensing and economic benefits.
- The committee refused permission; Councillor Cowdy asked for his dissent to be recorded.
Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 16 Sept 2026.
Documents 55
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 49
Other documents 1
Site constraints 2
Show the other 25 with distances
- 57 mDuncan Street Baptist Church, 13 Duncan Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 60 m213, 215 Causewayside, EdinburghGrade B
- 66 m27-29 Ratcliffe TerraceGrade C
- 78 m210 Causewayside, EdinburghGrade C
- 86 m42 Upper Gray Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 103 m4A-4B South Gray Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 104 m36-38 Upper Gray Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 104 mLeslie's Bar, 45, 47, 49 Ratcliffe Terrace, EdinburghGrade B
- 104 m9 Duncan Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 106 m12 Duncan Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 110 m37 and 39 Upper Gray Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 113 m30 Upper Gray Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 114 m5 South Gray Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 121 m33 Upper Gray Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 121 m34 Grange Loan, EdinburghGrade C
- 122 m38 Findhorn Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 126 m175, 177, 179 Causewayside, EdinburghGrade B
- 127 m36-38 Grange Loan With Boundary Walls And Pedestrian Gateway, EdinburghGrade B
- 128 m36 Findhorn Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 129 m29 Upper Gray Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 129 m6 South Gray Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 138 m25 Upper Gray Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 142 m9, 9A Middleby Street With Boundary Walls And Pedestrian Gate, EdinburghGrade B
- 143 m7 South Gray Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 147 m21 Upper Gray Street, EdinburghGrade C
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Important details
- Council
- Edinburgh
- Application type
- Planning Permission STL
- Postcode
- EH9 1SR
- Received
- 30 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Southside/Newington
- Parish
- Grange + Prestonfield
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 28 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 17 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- STL Solutions.
How this decision compares
Decided in 79 days from validation, about the council's usual 77 days. Refused, as 49% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →
Public comments
96% support · above the UK average of 16%
111 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 22 Jul 2026
- Committee
- 16 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 28 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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