1F1 16 Marchmont Road Edinburgh EH9 1HZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Retrospective change of use from dwelling to short term let. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 11 Aug 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 11 Aug 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 5 Aug 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because the short-term let would harm neighbours’ amenity and the loss of housing was not justified.
- Twenty-one representations supported the application and one objected.
- The committee refused planning permission for the reasons set out in the officer report.
Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 5 Aug 2026.
Documents 31
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 27
Site constraints 2
Show the other 44 with distances
- 12 m10, 12 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 13 m18 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 27 m4, 6, 8 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 29 m20 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 39 m2, 3, 4 Warrender Park Terrace, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 41 m1 Warrender Park Terrace, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 43 m22 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 47 m15, 17, 19 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 48 m45-47 Warrender Park Road, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 49 m21 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 50 m5, 6, 7 Warrender Park Terrace, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 51 m49, 51 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 52 m11 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 56 m7, 9 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 58 m53, 55 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 58 m23 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 62 m8, 9, 10 Warrender Park Terrace, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 64 m25 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 69 m57, 59 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 74 m27C Marchmont Road, 27B, 27, 27A, EdinburghGrade B
- 76 m11, 12, 13 Warrender Park Terrace, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 83 m61, 63 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 94 m62-66 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 95 m14, 15, 16 Warrender Park Terrace, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 100 m65 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 102 m56, 58, 60 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 104 m29, 31, 33 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 109 m4 Roseneath Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 113 m17, 18, 19 Warrender Park Terrace, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 114 m67 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 116 mRoyal Bank Of Scotland, 48, 50, 52, 54 Warrender Park Road, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade C
- 121 m40, 42, 44 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 123 m23, 25, 27 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 124 m46 Warrender Park Road, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade C
- 130 m69 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 132 m20, 21, 22 Warrender Park Terrace, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 132 m37, 39, 41 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 136 m46, 48, 50 Marchmont Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 141 m8 Spottiswoode Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 141 m14 Spottiswoode Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 141 m16, 18 Spottiswoode Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 144 m6 Spottiswoode Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 146 m23 Warrender Park Terrace, Marchmont, EdinburghGrade B
- 147 m36, 38, 40 Warrender Park Road, EdinburghGrade C
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Important details
- Council
- Edinburgh
- Application type
- Planning Permission STL
- Postcode
- EH9 1HZ
- Received
- 21 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 21 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Morningside
- Parish
- Marchmont + Sciennes
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 19 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Refused
- Decision date
- 11 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- QB Wood Architects.
How this decision compares
Decided in 112 days from validation, 35 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 77 for changes of use. Refused, as 50% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →
Public comments
95% support · above the UK average of 16%
77 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Env. assessment
- No
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