Planning application
12 - 26 St Giles Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1PT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Downtake existing non load-bearing internal partitions, install new internal partitions to form accessible WC, additional WC and refurbish property.
As published by the council, reference 25/06019/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/06019/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Permission Is Not Required
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permission is not required
- Received
- 14 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 18 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 18 Nov 2025
- Ward
- No Ward Number
- Parish
- Old Town
- Decision by
- Local Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH1 1PT
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/06718/S50 Decided
12 - 26 St Giles Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1PT
Request for a Planning Section 50 Certificate (Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Nov 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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18 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Permission is not required
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
City of Edinburgh granted permission on 18 November 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About heritage and listed building applications
Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.
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