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12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

Granted City of Edinburgh 14/02513/LBC Listed Building Consent

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

Proposal

Display permanent signage to external facade at The News Steps.

As published by the council, reference 14/02513/LBC

Application record

Reference
14/02513/LBC
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Application Granted
Decision
Granted
Received
23 Jun 2014
Validated
23 Jun 2014
Decided
29 Jul 2014
Ward
City Centre (Pre May 2017)
Parish
Old Town
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH1 1PT

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register

This site has had 4 applications since 2014: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/03000/LBC Awaiting decision

    12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    Change facade paint colour from mid grey-blue to red-orange.

    Submitted 20 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 26/03001/FUL Awaiting decision

    12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    Change of colour of facade from mid grey-blue to red-orange.

    Submitted 20 Jul 2026 Full applications
  • 23/02747/LBC Granted

    12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    All the existing exterior windows of the hotel (including fixed lights and exterior door glazing) are to be refurbished to maintain the historic building fabric and improve the thermal performance of the building. Most of the existing glazing is to be replaced with Fineo sealed units. Windows without Fineo glass, including the large shopfront windows and door glazing will have standard krypton filled double glazed units or Gecko secondary panes.

    Decided 15 Aug 2023 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Jun 2014

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 29 Jul 2014

    Decision issued: Granted

  3. 9 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

City of Edinburgh granted permission on 29 July 2014, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • 12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    23/02747/LBC Submitted 26 Jun 2023 28m away

    All the existing exterior windows of the hotel (including fixed lights and exterior door glazing) are to be refurbished to maintain the historic building fabric and improve the thermal performance of the building. Most of the existing glazing is to be replaced with Fineo sealed units. Windows without Fineo glass, including the large shopfront windows and door glazing will have standard krypton filled double glazed units or Gecko secondary panes.

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  • 12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    26/03000/LBC Submitted 20 Jul 2026 44m away

    89% historically approved · decision due ~14 Sep

    Change facade paint colour from mid grey-blue to red-orange.

    Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 3 docs

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