Planning application
2F2 34 North Castle Street New Town Edinburgh EH2 3BN
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Existing use as a short term let for over 10 years.
As published by the council, reference 26/00129/CLESTL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00129/CLESTL
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing STL
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 13 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 13 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 22 Jul 2026
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- New Town + Broughton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH2 3BN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Jan 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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22 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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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 refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
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