Planning application
12 - 26 St Giles Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1PT
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Request for a Planning Section 50 Certificate (Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005)
As published by the council, reference 25/06718/S50
Application record
- Reference
- 25/06718/S50
- Type
- Section 50 Certificate
- Status
- S50 Certificate Issued
- Decision
- Issue S50 Certificate
- Received
- 30 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 30 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 30 Dec 2025
- Ward
- No Ward Number
- Parish
- Old Town
- Decision by
- 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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25/06019/LBC Granted
12 - 26 St Giles Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1PT
Downtake existing non load-bearing internal partitions, install new internal partitions to form accessible WC, additional WC and refurbish property.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Dec 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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30 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Issue S50 Certificate
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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