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25/04539/FULSTL - Planning Permission STL Refused

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of premises to short-term let accommodation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

3 Sept 2025

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Refused

25 Mar 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 25 Mar 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 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.
Twenty-seven comments supported the application and one objected, raising issues about amenity, housing loss, management and licensing.
The committee refused planning permission for the stated reasons concerning local amenity and loss of residential accommodation.

Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes, Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee minutes, 25 March 2026 .

Documents 61

Consultation & comments 57

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.

Also on the record

4 listed buildings within 150 m; SSSI 392 m away: Arthur's Seat Volcano.

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: Planning Permission STL
Postcode: EH7 5HE
Received: 3 Sept 2025
Validated: 3 Sept 2025
Ward: Leith Walk
Parish: Leith Central
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Oct 2025
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 25 Mar 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Scottish Stays.

How this decision compares

Decided in 203 days from validation, 143 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Refused, as 21% of full applications here are.

This one203d

Council60d

UK57d

41%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

8%go to committee

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