PF3 42 Buchanan Street Leith Edinburgh EH6 8RF Data via plota.co.uk

25/03843/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Refused

Proposal

Change of use from residential flat to STL (retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

24 Jul 2025

✗

Refused

25 Mar 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 25 Mar 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 25 Mar 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

Officers advised refusal because the use would harm neighbouring amenity and the loss of housing was not justified.
Thirty-four people supported the application and one objected, citing amenity, noise and disturbance concerns.
The committee refused planning permission for the stated reasons.

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

Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 25 Mar 2026.

Documents 75

Consultation & comments 71

Site constraints 2

Grade B listed: Ukrainain Catholic Church Of St Andrew, 24 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh

List entry LB26716 · 27 m away · 12 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade A, 2 Grade B, 9 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 12 with distances

45 mThe Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 32, 34 and 36 Dalmeny Street, EdinburghGrade A
128 mJanitor's House, Lorne Street Primary School, 7 Lorne Street, EdinburghGrade B
135 m314, 316 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade C
136 m302 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade C
136 m306 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade C
136 m308 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade C
137 m296 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade C
139 m318 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade C
142 m324-326 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade B
146 m280, 282, 284 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade C
149 m328 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade C
150 m276-278 Leith Walk, EdinburghGrade C

Historic Environment Scotland ↗

Leith 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 4 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: EH6 8RF
Received: 24 Jul 2025
Validated: 24 Jul 2025
Ward: Leith Walk
Parish: Leith Central
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Sept 2025
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 25 Mar 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Scottish Stays.

How this decision compares

Decided in 244 days from validation, 184 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.

This one244d

Council60d

UK57d

41%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

8%go to committee

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