Planning application
40 Milton Street Abbeyhill Edinburgh EH8 8HD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Short term let (change of use to short term let took place within the last 10 years but is not material change of use).
As published by the council, reference 26/00607/CLESTL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00607/CLESTL
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing STL
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 17 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 17 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Craigentinny/Duddingston
- Parish
- Craigentinny + Meadowbank
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH8 8HD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Feb 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 April 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 38 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
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with City of Edinburgh for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year City of Edinburgh decided lawful development applications in a median of 41 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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3F2 25 Waverley Park Abbeyhill Edinburgh EH8 8ES
77% historically approved · decision due ~6 Jan
Existing use as a short term let for over 10 years.
Awaiting decision Lawful development 4 docs -
1F1 23 Milton Street Edinburgh EH8 8HA
77% historically approved · decision due ~23 Jun
Application for the issue of a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming its existing use as short term let accommodation is lawful.
Awaiting decision Lawful development 6 docs -
1F1 23 Milton Street Edinburgh EH8 8HA
83% historically approved · decision due ~22 Oct
Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation.
Awaiting decision Full applications 6 docs -
PF2 21 Milton Street Abbeyhill Edinburgh EH8 8HA
83% historically approved · decision due ~20 Nov
Retrospective change of use from dwelling to short term let.
Awaiting decision Full applications 6 docsDomestic -
1F4, 20 Waverley Park Abbeyhill Edinburgh EH8 8ET
77% historically approved · decision due ~2 Jun
Use of entire flatted dwelling as short-stay residential accommodation, by single persons, or up to two persons together
Awaiting decision Lawful development 7 docsDomestic -
PF2 21 Milton Street Abbeyhill Edinburgh EH8 8HA
83% historically approved · decision due ~2 Jun
Retrospective change of use from dwelling to short term let.
Awaiting decision Full applications 6 docsDomestic
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