Planning application
Police Scotland, Portobello Police Station 118 Portobello High Street Portobello West Edinburgh EH15 1AL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from class 4 former Police station to (suis generis) community use.
As published by the council, reference 25/06203/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/06203/FUL
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Application Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 26 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 26 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 20 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Portobello/Craigmillar
- Parish
- Portobello (Inactive)
- Decision by
- Local Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH15 1AL
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/06202/LBC Granted
Police Scotland, Portobello Police Station 118 Portobello High Street Portobello West Edinburgh EH15 1AL
Removal of non-loadbearing non-original walls and reconfiguration of bathrooms to form accessible bathrooms.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Nov 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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20 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
11 documents on file for this application
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City of Edinburgh granted permission on 20 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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