15 Dalkeith Road Edinburgh EH16 5BH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed change of use of existing office building to form a hotel (Class 7) and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 6 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 30 Sept 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the scheme would bring the vacant listed building back into use while preserving its character and setting.
- The community council objected over transport, servicing, parking and road-safety effects, while other consultees raised no objection subject to conditions.
- The committee granted planning permission subject to the stated reasons, conditions and informatives.
Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 30 Sept 2026.
Documents 36
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 13
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 16
Site constraints 5
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Checked on 2 November 2026. 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
- Postcode
- EH16 5BH
- Received
- 19 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Southside/Newington
- Parish
- Southside
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 31 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 6 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Montagu Evans LLP.
How this decision compares
Decided in 97 days from validation, 20 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 77 for changes of use. Approved, as 51% 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 →
Public comments
75% object · above the UK average of 74%
49 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 31 Jul 2026
- Committee
- 30 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 31 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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