Planning application
Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Slapping the wall between Library 01 and Room 15 to create an opening between the two. This will include removing wall panelling on both sides.
As published by the council, reference 25/06201/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/06201/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Application Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 26 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 26 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 21 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Corstorphine/Murrayfield
- Parish
- Craigleith + Blackhall
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH4 3EZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register
This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/06489/TCO Decided
Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ
Chestnut tree root management (URGENT).
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25/04524/LBC Awaiting decision
Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ
Installation of a single external Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) duct for two classroom fume cupboards to the west elevation of the Art block building, which is situated in the curtilage of the Stuart Melville Old College.
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23/03877/TCO Decided
Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ
Elm Tree 20m x 75cm diameter - cut to stump.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Nov 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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21 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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City of Edinburgh granted permission on 21 January 2026, 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.
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