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Liberton Hospital 113 Lasswade Road Edinburgh EH16 6UB

Granted City of Edinburgh 26/00763/CLP Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed)

Works: Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

To undertake the demolition of all buildings within the former Liberton Hospital site. This includes: the single story day care and rehabilitation centre, multistorey building, boiler house, out buildings and red bricked building at Liberton Hospital.

As published by the council, reference 26/00763/CLP

Application record

Reference
26/00763/CLP
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed)
Status
Application Granted
Decision
Granted
Received
26 Feb 2026
Validated
26 Feb 2026
Decided
1 May 2026
Ward
Liberton/Gilmerton
Parish
Liberton + District
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH16 6UB

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register

This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 19/05173/PNT Granted

    Liberton Hospital 113 Lasswade Road Edinburgh EH16 6UB

    Prior Notification of Intention to Install Telecommunications Apparatus.

    Decided 22 Nov 2019 Telecoms

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Feb 2026

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 1 May 2026

    Decision issued: Granted

  3. 14 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

City of Edinburgh granted permission on 1 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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.

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