Capital House 2 Festival Square West End Edinburgh EH3 9SU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Request for a Planning Section 50 Certificate (Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 1 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026
Documents 2
Decision & officer reports 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 5
Show all 19 with distances
- 36 mFilmhouse, 86, 88 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 61 m75, 77, 79 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 67 m85, 87, 89 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 75 m95 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 76 m71-73 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 81 mSt Anthony's Place, 20, 22, 24 Morrison Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 88 m36, 38, 40, 42 Grindlay Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 90 m112-116 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 98 mHeriot-Watt University Union, 30, Grindlay Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 104 m105-109 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 113 m57-65 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 116 m119-123 Lothian Road And 5 Bread Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 121 mUsher Hall, Cambridge Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 127 mAbc Cinema, Lothian House, 120 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 127 m7, 9, 11, 13 Bread Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 131 m6, 7 Cambridge Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 133 m47, 49, 51, 53, 55 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 146 mRoyal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 146 m125 Lothian Road, EdinburghGrade B
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Important details
- Council
- Edinburgh
- Application type
- Section 50 Certificate
- Postcode
- EH3 9SU
- Received
- 28 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 28 Nov 2025
- Parish
- Tollcross
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 31 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Issue S50 Certificate
- Decision date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- John Gaunt & Partners.
How this decision compares
Decided in 3 days from validation, 57 days faster than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 79% of full applications here are.
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Public comments
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Last counted 11 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 31 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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