Planning application
Flat 9 4 Carrubber's Close 135 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1SJ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Use as a short-term let (STL) since early 2021, with minimum 7-night stays and bookings exceeding 30 days.
As published by the council, reference 25/04822/CLESTL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04822/CLESTL
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing STL
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 11 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 16 Sep 2025
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- Old Town
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH1 1SJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Sep 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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16 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 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
10 documents on file for this application
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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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