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GF 23 Blair Street Edinburgh EH1 1QR

Granted City of Edinburgh 17/00543/CLE Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)

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

Proposal

Application for Certificate of Lawfulness to have the addresses at 23 Blair Street subdivided purely from a postage point of view as follows: 23 23a 23b. We have spoken to street numbering department in Edinburgh Council who proposed the above. The 2 floors are divided between 2 companies - All of which are being used as offices.

As published by the council, reference 17/00543/CLE

Application record

Reference
17/00543/CLE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Status
Application Granted
Decision
Granted
Received
10 Feb 2017
Validated
23 Feb 2017
Decided
19 May 2017
Ward
City Centre
Parish
Old Town
Decision by
Fast Track Decision
Postcode
EH1 1QR

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Feb 2017

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 23 Feb 2017

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 May 2017

    Decision issued: Granted

  4. 28 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 documents on file for this application

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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.

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