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Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

Awaiting decision City of Edinburgh 25/04524/LBC Listed Building Consent

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Proposal

Installation of a single external Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) duct for two classroom fume cupboards to the west elevation of the Art block building, which is situated in the curtilage of the Stuart Melville Old College.

As published by the council, reference 25/04524/LBC

Application record

Reference
25/04524/LBC
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Awaiting Assessment
Received
2 Sep 2025
Validated
2 Sep 2025
Ward
Corstorphine/Murrayfield
Parish
Craigleith + Blackhall
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH4 3EZ

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register

This site has had 6 applications since 2020: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/06489/TCO Granted

    Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

    Chestnut tree root management (URGENT).

    Decided 12 Jan 2026 Trees
  • 25/06201/LBC Granted

    Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

    Slapping the wall between Library 01 and Room 15 to create an opening between the two. This will include removing wall panelling on both sides.

    Decided 21 Jan 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 23/03877/TCO Granted

    Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

    Elm Tree 20m x 75cm diameter - cut to stump.

    Decided 28 Aug 2023 Trees
  • 21/06789/TCO Granted

    Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

    Elm - 18m high with a trunk diameter of 65cms - To cut to stump.

    Decided 5 Jan 2022 Trees
  • 20/01044/LBC Granted

    Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

    Reinstatement of boundary wall with amended opening position.

    Decided 11 May 2020 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Sep 2025

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    City of Edinburgh took a median of 43 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

8 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with City of Edinburgh for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year City of Edinburgh decided heritage and listed building applications in a median of 51 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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