1F 6 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

1. 17 Jun 2026

   Received by City of Edinburgh

2. 12 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 12 August 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.

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.

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.

• 12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

  14/02513/LBC Submitted 23 Jun 2014 50 yards away

  Display permanent signage to external facade at The News Steps.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 7 docs

• Flat 2 369 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1PW

  26/01619/FUL Submitted 16 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  83% historically approved · decision due ~29 Jun

  Change of use from commercial let flat to class 3 coffee house (no cooking).

  Awaiting decision Full applications 4 docs

• 12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

  23/02747/LBC Submitted 26 Jun 2023 50 yards away

  All the existing exterior windows of the hotel (including fixed lights and exterior door glazing) are to be refurbished to maintain the historic building fabric and improve the thermal performance of the building. Most of the existing glazing is to be replaced with Fineo sealed units. Windows without Fineo glass, including the large shopfront windows and door glazing will have standard krypton filled double glazed units or Gecko secondary panes.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 16 docs

• 12 - 26 St Giles Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1PT

  25/06019/LBC Submitted 14 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  Downtake existing non load-bearing internal partitions, install new internal partitions to form accessible WC, additional WC and refurbish property.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 5 docs

• 12 - 26 St Giles Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1PT

  25/06718/S50 Submitted 30 Dec 2025 50 yards away

  Request for a Planning Section 50 Certificate (Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005)

  Decided 2 docs

• 12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

  26/03000/LBC Submitted 20 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~14 Sep

  Change facade paint colour from mid grey-blue to red-orange.

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 3 docs

• 26/04026/CLESTL Awaiting decision

  GF 5 Grosvenor Gardens New Town Edinburgh EH12 5JU

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

  Received 6 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 26/04020/CLESTL Awaiting decision

  1F1 8 Jeffrey Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1DT

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

  Received 6 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 26/03970/CLESTL Awaiting decision

  16 Leven Terrace Tollcross Edinburgh EH3 9LW

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

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 26/03954/CLP Awaiting decision

  Flat 1 4 The Cedars Colinton Edinburgh EH13 0PL

  Removal of window and replacing it with single-leaf hardwood door with double glazed upper panel and raised square lower panel. Colour to match existing.

  Received 1 Oct, published by the council 6 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 26/03914/CLP Awaiting decision

  32 Buckstone Dell Buckstone Edinburgh EH10 6PG

  Proposed garden office.

  Received 29 Sep, published by the council 30 Sep 2026 Lawful development