PF1 3 Glen Street Edinburgh EH3 9JD 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 25 Mar 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 25 Mar 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because the use would harm neighbours’ amenity and the loss of housing was not justified.
- Twenty-two comments supported the application and six objected, citing amenity, housing, noise and economic effects.
- The committee refused planning permission for the reasons set out in section C.
Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 25 Mar 2026.
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 5
Show all 18 with distances
- 43 m1-3 Lauriston Park, EdinburghGrade B
- 46 mLothian College Of Nursing And Mid-Wifery, 79 Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade C
- 57 m122-126 Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade C
- 61 m118-120 Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 72 m77 Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade C
- 74 mAll Saints Hall And Episcopal School, 22, 24 Glen Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 78 m112-116 Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 89 m106, 108, 110 Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 95 m46 Lauriston Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 95 mParsonage, 26 Brougham Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 96 mAll Saints Episcopal Church, 28 Brougham Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 97 m40 Lauriston Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 98 mLauriston Church, 59 Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade C
- 107 mLauriston Hall, 28-32 Lauriston Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 108 mChurch Of The Sacred Heart, 26 Lauriston Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 129 mClock, Tollcross, EdinburghGrade C
- 137 mMacauley House, 2 Lauriston Gardens, EdinburghGrade C
- 144 mSt Catherine's Convent, 4 Lauriston Gardens, EdinburghGrade B
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Important details
- Council
- Edinburgh
- Application type
- Planning Permission STL
- Postcode
- EH3 9JD
- Received
- 15 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2025
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- Tollcross (pre 28 March 2025)
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 19 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- STL Solutions.
How this decision compares
Decided in 247 days from validation, 187 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.
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Public comments
79% support · above the UK average of 16%
114 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 11 Aug 2025
- Committee
- 25 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 19 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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