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25/04557/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Refused

Proposal

Retrospective change of use from residential to short-term let. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

3 Sept 2025

✗

Refused

12 Jan 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 12 Jan 2026 · Local Delegated Decision · Last checked 31 Oct 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 6

Grade B listed: (Chessel's Court N Block), 242-244 (Even Nos) Canongate

List entry LB51173 · 21 m away · 38 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade A, 26 Grade B, 9 Grade C)

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21 m238, 240, 242, 244 Canongate, EdinburghGrade A
29 m1 And 2 Chessel's Court (W Block), CanongateGrade A
33 m251-257 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
35 m246, 248 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
47 mThe Old Sailor's Ark, 231 Canongate, EdinburghGrade C
48 m198 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
49 mBritish Linen Bank, 250-254 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
51 mMorocco Land, 265-267 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
61 mEdinburgh School Of English, 271 Canongate, EdinburghGrade C
65 m2 Cranston Street, EdinburghGrade C
66 m5 New Street, Canongate, EdinburghGrade C
69 mPolice Box, Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
70 mCanongate Kilwinning Lodge, Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
71 m10-14 St Mary's Street, EdinburghGrade B
75 mSmollett's Lodging, St John Street, EdinburghGrade C
75 mSt John's Priory, 21 St John Street, EdinburghGrade C
78 m274-278 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
87 m2 Jeffrey Street, EdinburghGrade B
94 m30-34 St Mary's Street, EdinburghGrade B
96 m4, 6, 8 And 10 Jeffrey Street, EdinburghGrade B
103 mShoemakers' Land, 195-197 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
105 m3, 5 St Mary's Street, EdinburghGrade B
108 mDalhousie Land, St John Street, EdinburghGrade C
109 m2-8 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
110 m191, 193 Canongate, EdinburghGrade C
118 m1-5 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
118 m189-191 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
121 m10-12 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
124 m3, 5, 7 And 9 Jeffrey Street, EdinburghGrade B
125 mGateway, Tweeddale House, 5-11 Tweeddale Court, 14 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
128 m16 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
129 mSedan Chair House, Tweeddale Court, 14 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
131 mWall, Tweeddale Court, High Street, EdinburghGrade B
132 mReception Building, Moray House College Of Education, St John's Street, EdinburghGrade B
133 m11 Holyrood Road, EdinburghGrade C
134 m7, 9 And 11 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
134 mBible Land, 185, 187 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
137 mMoray House, 174 Canongate, EdinburghGrade A

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

Scheduled monument 184 m away: Edinburgh Town Wall, Flodden Wall, Drummond Street to Pleasance; Radon affected area, class 3; SSSI 338 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 STL
Postcode: EH8 8AB
Received: 3 Sept 2025
Validated: 3 Sept 2025
Ward: City Centre
Parish: Old Town
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Oct 2025
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 12 Jan 2026
Decision level: Local Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Manson Associates.

How this decision compares

Decided in 131 days from validation, 71 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.

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