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25/05901/S50 - Section 50 Certificate Approved

Proposal

Request for a Planning Section 50 Certificate (Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 11 Oct 2026, 00:23

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Received

10 Nov 2025

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Approved

10 Nov 2025

Approved on 10 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF ISS50Z - ISSUE S50 + S50P DEC NOTICE Decision Notice · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 4

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.

SSSI 147 m away: Arthur's Seat Volcano

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

16 listed buildings within 150 m.

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: Section 50 Certificate
Postcode: EH1 3AX
Received: 10 Nov 2025
Validated: 10 Nov 2025
Parish: New Town + Broughton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Dec 2025
Decision: Issue S50 Certificate
Decision date: 10 Nov 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Hill Brown Licensing.

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