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25/03922/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Refused

Proposal

Resubmission of application for change of use of basement property to STL (application ). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

30 Jul 2025

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Refused

15 May 2026

Appeal

Appeal or Review in Progress

Refused on 15 May 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 13 May 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

Officers advised refusal because the loss of a home was not outweighed by the economic benefits of tourist accommodation.
Twenty-seven representations supported the application and one, from the West End Community Council, objected.
The committee refused planning permission for the reasons given in section C.

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

Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 13 May 2026.

Documents 64

Consultation & comments 57

Associated applications 2

FullRefused15 May 202625/03922/FULSTLThis application
Resubmission of application for change of use of basement property to STL.
Full16 Jan 2025council archive

Site constraints 4

Grade B listed: 14 Stafford Street, Edinburgh

List entry LB29830 · 3 m away · 35 more listed buildings within 150 m (20 Grade A, 8 Grade B, 7 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 35 with distances

21 m6, 8, 10 William Street, EdinburghGrade B
31 m15 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade B
35 m18 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade B
39 m7, 9, 11 William Street, 5A, EdinburghGrade B
41 m3 Coates Crescent, EdinburghGrade A
47 m27, 29, 31 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade A
50 m17, 19, 21 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade B
58 mSt George's West Church, 58 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade A
66 m25 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade A
67 mMews Buildings, William Street North East Lane, EdinburghGrade C
68 m54, 56 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
76 m28, 30, 32 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade A
82 m26 Alva Street, EdinburghGrade A
91 m32 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade A
92 m7 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
93 m101 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade B
94 m31 Stafford Street, EdinburghGrade A
94 m89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
98 m85-87 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
102 m11 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
114 m42 Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
115 m32 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade B
115 m63-65 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
123 m53-61 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade B
123 mGladstone Memorial, Coates Crescent, EdinburghGrade A
129 m26 Rutland Square, EdinburghGrade A
129 m1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Atholl Crescent, EdinburghGrade A
133 m6 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
135 m22, 24, 26, 28, 30 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C
135 m12 Coates Crescent and 2 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
138 m27 Melville Street, EdinburghGrade A
139 m21, 22 Rutland Square, EdinburghGrade A
141 m12 Walker Street, EdinburghGrade A
143 m30 Rutland Square, EdinburghGrade A
146 mMaitland Hotel, 29-37 Shandwick Place, EdinburghGrade C

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.

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, 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
Postcode: EH3 7AU
Received: 30 Jul 2025
Validated: 30 Jul 2025
Ward: City Centre
Parish: West End
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 29 Sept 2025
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 15 May 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Contour Town Planning.

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