41 Viewcraig Gardens Edinburgh EH8 9UW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Retrospective change of use from dwelling to short term let. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 16 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 10 Jun 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because the short-term let would harm residential amenity and the loss of housing was not justified.
- Twenty people supported the proposal and one statutory consultee objected, citing housing, policy and amenity concerns.
Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 10 Jun 2026.
Documents 27
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 23
Site constraints 5
Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
- EH8 9UW
- Received
- 23 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 23 Mar 2026
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- Southside
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 May 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 16 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- QB Wood Architects.
How this decision compares
Decided in 85 days from validation, 8 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 77 for changes of use. Refused, as 50% 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 →
Consultation & key dates
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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