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25/04374/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Refused

Proposal

Change of use (retrospective) from residential flat to short-term let (Sui Generis). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

25 Aug 2025

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Validated

28 Aug 2025

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Refused

1 Jun 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 1 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 27 May 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

Officers advised refusal because the short-term let would harm neighbouring amenity and unjustifiably remove residential accommodation.
Thirty-one representations supported the application and 11 objected, including concerns about amenity, housing stock and heritage.
The committee refused planning permission for the reasons set out in the officer report.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, representations and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 27 May 2026.

Documents 88

Consultation & comments 84

PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Support Comment · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

Grade B listed: 4, 6, 8 Clarence Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh

List entry LB28540 · 1 m away · 34 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade A, 29 Grade B, 3 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 34 with distances

16 m2 Clarence Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
21 m84, 86, 88 Hamilton Place, EdinburghGrade B
33 m1 Clarence Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
35 m3, 5, 7 Clarence Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
49 m29, 31, 33, 35 Hamilton Place, EdinburghGrade B
60 m2 Saxe Coburg Terrace, EdinburghGrade B
65 m1, 2 Saxe-Coburg Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
65 mStockbridge Primary School, Hamilton Place, EdinburghGrade B
68 m1, 15, 29 Patriothall, Hamilton Place, EdinburghGrade B
71 m22, 24, 26 Clarence Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade C
74 m3, 4 Saxe-Coburg Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
81 mPost Office, 62-70 Henderson Row, EdinburghGrade B
87 m56, 58, 60 Henderson Row, EdinburghGrade B
92 m54 Hamilton Place, EdinburghGrade B
97 mGate lodge to Donaldson's Building of Edinburgh Academy (former Donaldson's School For The Deaf), 54 Henderson Row, EdinburghGrade B
97 m28, 30, 32, 34 Clarence Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
98 m27-29 Clarence Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
100 mSilvermills House, 3 West Silvermills Lane, EdinburghGrade B
109 m79, 81, 83, 85, 87 St Stephen Street, EdinburghGrade B
113 m75-77 St Stephen Street, EdinburghGrade B
115 mStockbridge Parish Church (St Bernard's Centre), Saxe-Coburg Street, EdinburghGrade B
117 mWest Lodge, Edinburgh Academy, 48 Henderson Row, EdinburghGrade B
119 m8, 9, 10 Saxe-Coburg Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
121 m71-73 St Stephen Street, EdinburghGrade B
124 mDeanbank House, 12 Dean Bank Lane, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
131 m34 Hamilton Place, EdinburghGrade B
132 m110 St Stephen Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade C
140 m53, 55, 57, 59, 61 St Stephen Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
143 m13, 15, 15A Saxe-Coburg Street, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade B
144 mWest Wing, Donaldson's Building of Edinburgh Academy (Former Donaldson's School For The Deaf), 54 Henderson Row, EdinburghGrade A
144 mThe Theatre School Of Dance And Drama, 106 St Stephen Street, EdinburghGrade C
145 m1 Saxe-Coburg Place, Stockbridge, EdinburghGrade A
145 m104 St Stephen Street, EdinburghGrade B
147 m24, 26 Hamilton Place, EdinburghGrade B

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.

Not affected

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

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 STL
Postcode: EH3 5AF
Received: 25 Aug 2025
Validated: 28 Aug 2025
Ward: Inverleith
Parish: Stockbridge + Inverleith
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 Oct 2025
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 1 Jun 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Martin Brown.

How this decision compares

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