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12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

Granted City of Edinburgh 23/02747/LBC Listed Building Consent

Works: Windows or glazing

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

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference 23/02747/LBC

Application record

Reference
23/02747/LBC
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Application Granted
Decision
Granted
Received
26 Jun 2023
Validated
26 Jun 2023
Decided
15 Aug 2023
Ward
City Centre
Parish
Old Town (pre 28 March 2025)
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
  • 14/02513/LBC Granted

    12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    Display permanent signage to external facade at The News Steps.

    Decided 29 Jul 2014 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Jun 2023

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 15 Aug 2023

    Decision issued: Granted

  3. 28 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

16 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

City of Edinburgh granted permission on 15 August 2023, 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.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 12 - 26 St Giles Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    25/06019/LBC Submitted 14 Nov 2025 50 yards away

    Downtake existing non load-bearing internal partitions, install new internal partitions to form accessible WC, additional WC and refurbish property.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 5 docs

  • 12 - 26 St Giles Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1PT

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  • 12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    26/03000/LBC Submitted 20 Jul 2026 50 yards away

    95% 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

  • 12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    26/03001/FUL Submitted 20 Jul 2026 50 yards away

    83% historically approved · decision due ~14 Sep

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

    Awaiting decision Full applications 5 docs

  • 12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    14/02513/LBC Submitted 23 Jun 2014 50 yards away

    Display permanent signage to external facade at The News Steps.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 7 docs

  • Flat 2 369 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1PW

    26/01619/FUL Submitted 16 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    83% historically approved · decision due ~29 Jun

    Change of use from commercial let flat to class 3 coffee house (no cooking).

    Awaiting decision Full applications 4 docs

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    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
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