Planning application
Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/06489/TCO Decided
Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ
Chestnut tree root management (URGENT).
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Sep 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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 38 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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