35 - 36 St Andrew Square New Town Edinburgh EH2 2AD Data via plota.co.uk

26/04388/LBC - Listed Building Consent Awaiting Assessment

Proposal

External fabric conservation works comprising the repair and refurbishment of cast-iron railings, lamp standards, wall-mounted lanterns, stair handrails, and original sandstone masonry; together with the installation of a low-profile mansafe roof fall-arrest system and decorative edge safety barriers at high level. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
4 Nov 2026
✓
Validated
6 Nov 2026
Decision
Expected by 5 Jan 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 29 Dec 2026 and 7 Jan 2027, from Edinburgh's recent listed building works.

Comments are open until 4 Dec 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

Grade A listed: Douglas Hotel, 35 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
List entry LB29704 · 1 m away · 32 more listed buildings within 150 m (22 Grade A, 8 Grade B, 2 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.
Show the other 32 with distances
Historic Environment Scotland ↗
Registered park or garden: The New Town Gardens
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 ↗
New 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
SSSI 358 m away: Arthur's Seat Volcano.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Edinburgh - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Edinburgh
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
EH2 2AD
Received
4 Nov 2026
Validated
6 Nov 2026
Ward
City Centre
Parish
New Town + Broughton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Jan 2027
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Mill Architects Limited.

Decision outlook

Day 5 of the 56-day target. Edinburgh usually decides listed building works by day 57.

Day 552 days to the predicted decision (day 57)
47%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
1,109decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Dec 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Jan 2027
Env. assessment
No