Planning application
Flat 4 185 Canongate Old Town Edinburgh EH8 8BN
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective change of use from residential flat to short term let.
As published by the council, reference 25/04683/FULSTL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04683/FULSTL
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 8 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2025
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- Old Town
- Decision by
- Local Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH8 8BN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 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 3 November 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
6 documents on file for this application
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