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3A Hillside Crescent Edinburgh EH7 5DY

Awaiting decision City of Edinburgh 26/01992/CLESTL Certificate of Lawfulness Existing STL

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Proposal

Application for the issue of a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming its existing use as short-term let accommodation is lawful.

As published by the council, reference 26/01992/CLESTL

Application record

Reference
26/01992/CLESTL
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing STL
Status
Awaiting Assessment
Received
7 May 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Ward
Leith Walk
Parish
Leith Central
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH7 5DY

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • 25/05139/FULSTL Awaiting decision

    3A Hillside Crescent Edinburgh EH7 5DY

    Retrospective change of use of premises to short-term let accommodation.

    Submitted 26 Sep 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 May 2026

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 18 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 13 July 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 43 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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What 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 49 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.

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    Retrospective change of use of premises to short-term let accommodation.

    Awaiting decision Full applications 6 docs

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In City of Edinburgh

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    Received 6 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Lawful development
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