3F3 8 Jeffrey Street Edinburgh EH1 1DT Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Retrospective change of use of premises to short-term let accommodation. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 15 May 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 13 May 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because the use would harm neighbours’ amenity and the loss of a home was not justified.
- Two objections cited noise, housing loss and community impacts; support cited licensing, amenity and economic benefits.
Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 13 May 2026.
Documents 10
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 5
Site constraints 6
Show the other 48 with distances
- 17 m2 Jeffrey Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 30 mPolice Box, Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
- 33 m11, 13 And 15 Jeffrey Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 34 m1-5 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 35 mEdinburgh School Of English, 271 Canongate, EdinburghGrade C
- 36 m2 Cranston Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 44 m274-278 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
- 46 m7, 9 And 11 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 46 mMorocco Land, 265-267 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
- 51 m2-8 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 53 m3, 5 St Mary's Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 53 m263-265 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
- 61 m6-8 St Mary's Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 61 mBritish Linen Bank, 250-254 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
- 64 m16 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 66 m10-12 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 68 mJohn Knox's House, 45 High Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 69 m1 And 2 Chessel's Court (W Block), CanongateGrade A
- 69 m246, 248 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
- 71 mGateway, Tweeddale House, 5-11 Tweeddale Court, 14 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 75 mSandeman House, 13 High Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 75 mMoubray House, 51 And 53 High Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 78 mSedan Chair House, Tweeddale Court, 14 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 80 m(Chessel's Court N Block), 242-244 (Even Nos) CanongateGrade B
- 80 m238, 240, 242, 244 Canongate, EdinburghGrade A
- 81 m57 And 59 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 83 mBoundary Walls, Trinity College Church Apse, (Between High Street And Jeffrey Street), Chalmer's CloseGrade A
- 83 mNetherbow Wellhead, High Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 84 mWall, Tweeddale Court, High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 85 mMission Hall, 63-67 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 87 m39 Jeffrey Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 88 mRailings And Pier, Vaults, Wall, Jeffrey Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 90 m5 New Street, Canongate, EdinburghGrade C
- 103 m, 36 And 38 High Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 106 mK6 Telephone Kiosks, Chalmer's Close, High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 119 mSkinner's Close, 44-46 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 121 m30-34 St Mary's Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 122 mThe Old Sailor's Ark, 231 Canongate, EdinburghGrade C
- 126 m4 Paisley Close, 101 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 127 mMurdoch's Close, 48-50 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 128 mSt Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Cowgate, EdinburghGrade B
- 134 m52 And 54 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 140 mOld Playhouse Close, 196 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
- 143 mTodrick's Wynd, 56, 58 And 60 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 147 m5-7 Blackfriars Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 148 m11 Blackfriars Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 148 m17, 19, 21 Blackfriars Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 149 m109-115 High Street, EdinburghGrade B
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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How this decision compares
Decided in 150 days from validation, 90 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.
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Public comments
67% object · below the UK average of 74%
99 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 2 Feb 2026
- Committee
- 13 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 13 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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