47, 47A Melville Street Edinburgh EH3 7HL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
To join a 1 bedroom studio flat on the lower ground floor to the rest of a main door townhouse comprising ground, first and second floors to create a single dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 12 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 4
Show the other 29 with distances
- 10 m45 Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 45 m22 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 48 m46 Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 50 m44 Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 57 m2Nd Viscount Robert Melville Statue, Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 63 m35 Manor Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 67 m8 Chester Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 78 m4, 5 and 6 Melville Crescent, 43 Melville Street and 19 Walker StreetGrade A
- 80 m21 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 86 m16 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 87 m29 Manor Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 91 m35, 37, 39 William Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 97 m29 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 99 m8 Melville Crescent, EdinburghGrade A
- 105 m7 Chester Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 106 m41 Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 107 m1 Chester Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 109 m15 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 114 m40 Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 119 m32 William Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 121 m10 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 126 m47A Manor Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 133 m24 Manor Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 137 m9 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 137 m15-17 Manor Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 139 mEaster Coates House, 32 Palmerston Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 140 mWalpole Hall, Palmerston Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 145 m25, 27, 29, 31 William Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 150 mMews Buildings, William Street North East Lane, EdinburghGrade C
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Important details
- Council
- Edinburgh
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed)
- Postcode
- EH3 7HL
- Received
- 31 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2025
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- West End (pre 28 March 2025)
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 10 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 12 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- GLM.
How this decision compares
Decided in 32 days from validation, 31 days faster than Edinburgh's median of 63 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 56% of lawful development certificates here are.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 3 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 1 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 10 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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