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25/04058/FUL - Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Remove butterfly roof and replace with proposed rooftop plant. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received

7 Aug 2025

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Approved

10 Sept 2025

Approved on 10 Sept 2025 · Local Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Nov 2026

Documents 11

Site constraints 5

Grade C listed: 4, 5, 8 Chalmer's Buildings, 88 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh

List entry LB44932 · 30 m away · 6 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade A, 5 Grade B)

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.

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75 mFat Sam's Restaurant, 56-58 Fountainbridge, EdinburghGrade B
87 m90, 92, 94, 96, 98 Fountainbridge, EdinburghGrade B
112 m23- 25 Gardner's Crescent, EdinburghGrade A
112 mEdinburgh Industrial Brigade Home, 89, 91, 93, 95 Fountainbridge, EdinburghGrade B
144 m22-45 Rosemount Buildings, Gardner's Crescent, EdinburghGrade B
144 mFountainbridge Telephone Exchange, 116 Fountainbridge, EdinburghGrade B

Historic Environment Scotland ↗

Also on the record

Scheduled monument 175 m away: Union Canal, Fountainbridge to River Almond; Radon affected area, class 3; World heritage site 176 m away: Edinburgh World Heritage Site Boundary; Conservation area 74 m away: West End.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 3 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
Received: 7 Aug 2025
Validated: 7 Aug 2025
Ward: City Centre
Parish: Tollcross
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Oct 2025
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 10 Sept 2025
Decision level: Local Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: MLA Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 26 days faster than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 79% of full applications here are.

This one34d

Council60d

UK57d

41%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

8%go to committee

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