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25/04827/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Approved

Proposal

Change of use from Class 4 (Offices) and Class 6 (Storage) to serviced apartment (sui generis in retrospect), including external alterations (as amended). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

12 Sept 2025

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Validated

18 Sept 2025

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Approved

3 Dec 2025

Approved on 3 Dec 2025 · Local Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Nov 2026

Documents 55

Consultation & comments 50

Site constraints 5

Grade A listed: 21 Alva Street, Edinburgh

List entry LB28236 · 21 m away · 46 more listed buildings within 150 m (16 Grade A, 20 Grade B, 10 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 46 with distances

37 m52 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
40 m27, 29, 31 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade A
41 m32 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade B
47 m11 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade B
54 m20 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade A
56 m22, 24, 26, 28, 30 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
66 m28, 30, 32 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade A
68 mSt George's West Church, 58 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade A
69 m34, 36 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade B
80 m1-3 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade A
82 m16 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade B
83 m7 Queensferry Street, EdinburghGrade B
84 m9, 10, 11 Queensferry Street, EdinburghGrade B
90 m18 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade B
90 m53-61 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade B
91 m2 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade A
92 m4 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade A
92 m63-65 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
95 m2, 3, 4 Queensferry Street, EdinburghGrade B
95 m6, 8 Shandwick PlaceGrade C
95 mMaitland Hotel, 29-37 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
96 m10 Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
100 m25-27 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
101 m6, 8, 10 William Street, EdinburghGrade B
102 m18, 19, 20 Queensferry Street, EdinburghGrade B
104 m30 Rutland Square, EdinburghGrade A
105 m7, 9, 11 William Street, 5A, EdinburghGrade B
107 m85-87 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
111 m29 Rutland Square, EdinburghGrade A
111 m89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
112 m13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
113 m39 Queensferry Street, EdinburghGrade B
119 m3-11 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade B
121 m101 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade B
122 m23 Rutland Street, EdinburghGrade B
125 m2, 4 Hope Street, EdinburghGrade B
126 m27 Rutland Street, EdinburghGrade A
127 m32 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade A
130 mBerkeley Casino, 2 Rutland Place, EdinburghGrade B
131 m6, 8, 10 Hope Street, EdinburghGrade A
135 m12, 14, 16 Hope Street, EdinburghGrade A
138 mMews Buildings, William Street North East Lane, EdinburghGrade C
142 mLegal And General, 23 Charlotte Square, EdinburghGrade A
143 mPolice Call Box, Rutland Square, EdinburghGrade B
144 m9 Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
144 m13 Randolph 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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; SSSI 466 m away: Arthur's Seat Volcano.

Not affected

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

Checked on 1 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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Important details

Council: Edinburgh
Application type: Planning Permission STL
Received: 12 Sept 2025
Validated: 18 Sept 2025
Ward: City Centre
Parish: West End
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Nov 2025
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 3 Dec 2025
Decision level: Local Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Stephenson Halliday.

How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, 16 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 79% of full applications here are.

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