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25/04780/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Refused

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

11 Sept 2025

✓

Validated

24 Sept 2025

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Refused

21 Jan 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 21 Jan 2026 · Local Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Nov 2026

Documents 10

Site constraints 3

9 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Abbeyhill Primary School, Abbey Street, Edinburgh, Grade C, 42 m away · 5 Grade B, 4 Grade C

The site itself is not listed. 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 all 9 with distances

42 mAbbeyhill Primary School, Abbey Street, EdinburghGrade C
75 m2, 3, 4, 6 East Norton Place and 51-53 Montrose Terrace, EdinburghGrade B
79 m41, 43, 45, 47, 49 Montrose Terrace, EdinburghGrade B
79 mArtisan Bar, 35, 36 London Road, EdinburghGrade C
86 m7, 8, 9 East Norton Place, EdinburghGrade C
86 m37, 39 Montrose Terrace, EdinburghGrade B
103 m25, 27 Montrose Terrace, EdinburghGrade B
147 m1, 3 Montrose Terrace, EdinburghGrade B
148 mPublic House, 1-2 Abbey Mount, EdinburghGrade C

Historic Environment Scotland ↗

Also on the record

Conservation area 50 m away: New Town; Registered park or garden 158 m away: The New Town Gardens.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council: Edinburgh
Application type: Planning Permission STL
Postcode: EH7 5SJ
Received: 11 Sept 2025
Validated: 24 Sept 2025
Ward: Craigentinny/Duddingston
Parish: Craigentinny + Meadowbank
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Nov 2025
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 21 Jan 2026
Decision level: Local Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Kenneth Reid Architects.

How this decision compares

Decided in 119 days from validation, 59 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.

This one119d

Council60d

UK57d

41%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

8%go to committee

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