Planning application
18 Haymarket Yards New Town Edinburgh EH12 5BH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of student accommodation as short term let accommodation from 1 June to 31 August annually.
As published by the council, reference 26/00519/FULSTL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00519/FULSTL
- Type
- Planning Permission STL
- Status
- Application Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 12 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 3 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 14 Apr 2026
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- West End (pre 28 March 2025)
- Decision by
- Local Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH12 5BH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Feb 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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3 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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