Planning application
2 Belford Road, 1 - 5 Bell's Brae Edinburgh EH4 3BL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Create an opening within the floor of a secondary room in 2 Belford Road and make a connecting access spiral stair between this level and the second floor of 1-5 Bells Brae.
As published by the council, reference 25/06581/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/06581/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 17 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 22 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Inverleith
- Parish
- West End
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH4 3BL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Dec 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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22 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 February 2026, 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 41 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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