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25/03609/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Refused

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of a House to short term let accommodation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

10 Jul 2025

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Refused

18 May 2026

Appeal

Appeal or Review in Progress

Refused on 18 May 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 13 May 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

Officers advised refusal because the loss of residential accommodation was not justified and the economic benefits did not outweigh it.
Twenty-eight representations supported the proposal, while the West End Community Council objected over housing and residential amenity.
The committee refused planning permission for the reasons set out in the report.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public views and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 13 May 2026.

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Site constraints 4

West End 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.

20 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: 20-22 Torphichen Street, Edinburgh, Grade B, 37 m away · 2 Grade A, 13 Grade B, 5 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 20 with distances

37 m20-22 Torphichen Street, EdinburghGrade B
53 m181 Morrison Street, EdinburghGrade B
54 mTorphichen Police Station, 3-5 And 7-9 Torphichen Place, EdinburghGrade C
54 m183 And 185 Morrison Street, EdinburghGrade C
71 m15-19 Torphichen Street, EdinburghGrade B
78 m176, 178, 180 Morrison Street, EdinburghGrade B
83 mJanitor's House, Torphichen Street School, 27 Torphichen Street, EdinburghGrade B
84 m4 Grove Street, EdinburghGrade B
97 m8-10 Grove Street, EdinburghGrade B
99 m19-23 Grove Street, EdinburghGrade B
100 m8-12 Torphichen Street, EdinburghGrade B
102 m10, 11, 12 And 13 Atholl Place, EdinburghGrade A
113 m12 And 12A Grove Street, EdinburghGrade B
118 m252-254 Morrison Street, EdinburghGrade C
121 m14, 16, 18 Grove Street, EdinburghGrade B
127 m22-23 Atholl Crescent, EdinburghGrade A
131 m1, 2 West Maitland Street, EdinburghGrade B
140 mSouthern Wing, Central Electricity Generating Station, 3 Dewar Place, EdinburghGrade B
142 m11 Canning Street Lane, EdinburghGrade C
145 m4-5 Coates Place, EdinburghGrade C

Historic Environment Scotland ↗

Registered park or garden 58 m away: Edinburgh World Heritage Site Boundary

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

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

Historic Environment Scotland ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3.

Not affected

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

Checked on 4 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: Planning Permission STL
Postcode: EH3 8EF
Received: 10 Jul 2025
Validated: 10 Jul 2025
Ward: City Centre
Parish: West End (pre 28 March 2025)
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Sept 2025
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 18 May 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: STL Solutions.

How this decision compares

Decided in 312 days from validation, 252 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.

This one312d

Council60d

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79%approved

8%go to committee

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