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57 Clerk Street Edinburgh EH8 9JQ

Granted City of Edinburgh 11/03910/CLE Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use as hot food takeaway in non-compliance with condition 3 of planning permission 251/87 to allow operation on a Sunday (8 am - 11 pm)

As published by the council, reference 11/03910/CLE

Application record

Reference
11/03910/CLE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Status
Application Granted
Decision
Granted
Received
6 Dec 2011
Validated
8 Dec 2011
Decided
19 Jan 2012
Ward
Southside/Newington (Pre May 2017)
Parish
Southside
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH8 9JQ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Dec 2011

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 8 Dec 2011

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Jan 2012

    Decision issued: Granted

  4. 6 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

5 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What a grant of permission means

The process from here

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

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