Planning application
BF1 16 Spittal Street Edinburgh EH3 9DT
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Short term letting.
As published by the council, reference 25/04619/CLESTL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04619/CLESTL
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing STL
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 5 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 24 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 22 May 2026
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- Tollcross
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH3 9DT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Sep 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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24 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 May 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
City of Edinburgh refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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