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25/06417/FUL - Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Install facia, projecting signage and 2 No. awnings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
15 Dec 2025
✗
Refused
12 Feb 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 12 Feb 2026 · Local Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Licence at this address

  • Licence Cafe Keno Premises licence · in force · elsewhere in the building Hours not given on the register

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 6

Grade C listed: , 36 And 38 High Street, Edinburgh
List entry LB29061 · 3 m away · 64 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade A, 46 Grade B, 12 Grade C)
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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Historic Environment Scotland ↗
World heritage site: Edinburgh World Heritage Site Boundary
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic Environment Scotland ↗
Old Town conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Scheduled monument 198 m away: Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall, Drummond Street to Pleasance; SSSI 416 m away: Arthur's Seat Volcano.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 2 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
Postcode
EH1 1TB
Received
8 Dec 2025
Validated
15 Dec 2025
Ward
City Centre
Parish
Old Town
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Feb 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
12 Feb 2026
Decision level
Local Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Kenneth Reid Architects.

How this decision compares

Decided in 59 days from validation, about the council's usual 60 days. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
8%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

72 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No