Planning application
172 Montgomery Street Hillside Edinburgh EH7 5FE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective change of use of premises to short-term let accommodation.
As published by the council, reference 26/00064/FULSTL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00064/FULSTL
- Type
- Planning Permission STL
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 8 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Leith Walk
- Parish
- Leith Central
- Decision by
- Local Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH7 5FE
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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26/03752/FULSTL Awaiting decision
172 Montgomery Street Hillside Edinburgh EH7 5FE
Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jan 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 March 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
4 documents on file for this application
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