Planning application
3F1 12 Castle Street New Town Edinburgh EH2 3AT
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
A certificate of lawfulness confirming the premises' existing use as short-term accommodation.
As published by the council, reference 25/04737/CLESTL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04737/CLESTL
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing STL
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 9 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 29 Sep 2025
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- New Town + Broughton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH2 3AT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Sep 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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29 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 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
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat 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 lawful development applications in a median of 49 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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