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25/03855/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Internal alterations to install a kitchen on the lower first ground and to construct new fire-rated partitions on the ground floor to create a new cafe servery and seating areas. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

25 Jul 2025

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Approved

12 Sept 2025

Approved on 12 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 4

Grade A listed: Clydesdale Bank And North Of Scotland Bank, 71 Hanover Street, Edinburgh

List entry LB28999 · 1 m away · 75 more listed buildings within 150 m (23 Grade A, 40 Grade B, 12 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 75 with distances

13 mClydesdale Bank, 29-31 George Street, EdinburghGrade A
15 m75 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
15 m27 George Street, EdinburghGrade B
21 m79 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade A
23 mGeorge Dobie & Son, 23-25 George Street, EdinburghGrade A
43 m64 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
45 mGeorge Iv Statue, George Street, EdinburghGrade A
46 m74 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade C
54 m91 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
55 m84, 86, 88, 90 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
64 m21-23 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
66 m37, 35A George Street, EdinburghGrade B
66 m37, 35A George Street, EdinburghGrade C
67 mCommercial Union Insurance, 26 George Street, EdinburghGrade A
68 mHenderson, 92 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
68 mRoyal Society Of Edinburgh, 22-24 George Street, EdinburghGrade A
70 m30, 30A George Street, EdinburghGrade A
73 m19 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade C
74 m18-20 George Street, EdinburghGrade B
75 m17 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
76 m39 George Street, EdinburghGrade B
78 mSt Andrew's And St George's Church, George Street, EdinburghGrade A
79 m101 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
81 m25 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
85 m3 Thistle Court, Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade A
86 m26-28 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade C
88 m13A George Street, EdinburghGrade C
90 m52 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
90 m16 George Street, EdinburghGrade C
92 m34 George Street, EdinburghGrade B
93 m49 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
94 m111 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade A
94 m43 George Street, EdinburghGrade B
96 m104-112 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
96 m40, 42 George Street, EdinburghGrade C
96 m11, 13, 15 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade C
100 mNapier House, 27 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade C
102 m44 George Street, EdinburghGrade B
103 m45 George Street, EdinburghGrade A
105 m30-38 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade C
105 m114 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
106 mRoyal Insurance Company, 13 George StreetGrade A
107 m14 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
108 m33 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
109 m16 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade B
109 m11, 12, 13 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
109 m23-25 Rose Street, EdinburghGrade B
110 m15 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade B
111 m25A Thistle Street South West Lane, EdinburghGrade B
114 mNorwich Union Insurance Societies, 49 George Street, EdinburghGrade B
115 mCommercial Bank, 14 George Street, EdinburghGrade A
116 m48 George Street, EdinburghGrade B
116 mRoyal College Of Physicians, 9-10 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
116 mEagle Buildings, 19 Rose Street, EdinburghGrade B
117 m40, 42, 44 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
118 m35, 37, 39 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
118 mGates And Railings, Forecourt To 1 And 2 Thistle Court With Boundary Walls, Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade A
122 m18, 19, 20 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
122 m34 Rose Street North Lane, EdinburghGrade C
126 mEdinburgh Savings Bank, 28-30 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade A
127 m41, 43, 45 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
130 m21 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
130 m46, 48 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
130 m29, 31, 33 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
132 m37 Rose Street, EdinburghGrade B
132 m32 Rose Street, EdinburghGrade C
136 m22 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
136 m8 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
137 m50, 52 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
139 m47 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
139 m7 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade B
140 mMerchant Company Hall, 22 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
144 m21-27 Hanover Street, EdinburghGrade B
145 m54, 56, 58 Thistle Street, EdinburghGrade B
147 m23, 24, 25 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A

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 361 m away: Arthur's Seat Volcano.

Not affected

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

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Important details

Council: Edinburgh
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Postcode: EH2 1EE
Received: 25 Jul 2025
Validated: 25 Jul 2025
Ward: City Centre
Parish: New Town + Broughton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Sept 2025
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 12 Sept 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: LBA.

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 8 days faster than Edinburgh's median of 57 for listed building works. Approved, as 93% of listed building works here are.

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