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25/03908/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

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Received

29 Jul 2025

✓

Validated

4 Aug 2025

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Refused

11 Aug 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 11 Aug 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 5 Aug 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

Officers advised refusal because the use would harm neighbouring amenity and the loss of housing was not justified.
Twenty-six representations supported the application and one, from South Side Community Council, objected.
The committee refused planning permission for the reasons set out in the officer’s report.

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

Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 5 Aug 2026.

Documents 62

Consultation & comments 55

Site constraints 5

Grade B listed: 108 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

List entry LB29426 · 1 m away · 34 more listed buildings within 150 m (26 Grade B, 8 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 34 with distances

6 m110 Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
13 m104 Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
19 m100-102 Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
43 m86-88-90 Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
48 mCommunity Centre, 117 Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
52 m124-132 Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
53 m82-84 Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
65 m78 Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
66 m134-140 Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
78 m7, 9, 11 West Richmond Street, EdinburghGrade B
78 m28-30 Howden Street, EdinburghGrade C
83 m18-22 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
89 m1 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
89 m19 West Crosscauseway, EdinburghGrade C
91 m24-30 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
91 m6 St Patrick Street, EdinburghGrade C
92 m3-9 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
93 m11 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
93 m12-14 Howden Street, EdinburghGrade B
98 m17 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
98 mBuccleuch And Greyfriars Free Church, West Crosscauseway, EdinburghGrade B
104 mTheatre Arts Centre, 6 Davie Street, EdinburghGrade B
106 m3, 4, 5 St Patrick Street, EdinburghGrade C
106 m7, 8 and 9 St Patrick Street, EdinburghGrade C
110 mPear Tree, 34, 36, 38 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
111 m23-33 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade C
114 mApostolic Church, 2 Davie Street, EdinburghGrade B
116 m1-4 St Patrick Square, EdinburghGrade B
120 m35-43 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
123 mChapel House, Chapel Street, EdinburghGrade B
132 m7, 9, 11 Buccleuch Street, EdinburghGrade C
135 mWell, East Crosscauseway, EdinburghGrade C
144 m55-57 West Nicolson Street, EdinburghGrade B
149 m41 St Patrick Square, EdinburghGrade B

Historic Environment Scotland ↗

South Side 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 304 m away: Arthur's Seat Volcano; World heritage site 165 m away: Edinburgh World Heritage Site Boundary.

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, 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: EH8 9EJ
Received: 29 Jul 2025
Validated: 4 Aug 2025
Ward: Southside/Newington
Parish: Southside
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Oct 2025
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 11 Aug 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show

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