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26/00438/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Refused

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation subject to a minimum stay length of 28 nights. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:17

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Application progress

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Received

6 Feb 2026

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Refused

30 Jun 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 30 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 24 Jun 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

Officers advised refusal because the use would harm neighbouring amenity and unjustifiably remove residential accommodation.
Twenty-one representations supported the application and seven objected, raising amenity, economic, parking and policy issues.

Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes, Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee minutes, 24 June 2026 .

Documents 61

Consultation & comments 56

Site constraints 5

Grade B listed: 16 and 17 Simpson Loan, Former Medical Pavilion, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

List entry LB30307 · 19 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade A, 3 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.

Show the other 4 with distances

54 mNurses Home, Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade B
92 mEar Nose And Throat Pavilion, Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade B
114 mGeneral, Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade A
114 mGeneral, Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place, EdinburghGrade B

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 ↗

Marchmont, Meadows & Bruntsfield 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 211 m away: Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall and Telfer Wall, Heriot Place.

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 STL
Postcode: EH3 9GB
Received: 6 Feb 2026
Validated: 6 Feb 2026
Ward: City Centre
Parish: Tollcross
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Apr 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 30 Jun 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: STL Solutions.

How this decision compares

Decided in 144 days from validation, 67 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 77 for changes of use. Refused, as 49% of changes of use here are.

This one144d

Council77d

UK56d

27%decided within 8 weeks

51%approved

13%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →