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12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

Awaiting decision City of Edinburgh 26/03001/FUL Planning Permission

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

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

As published by the council, reference 26/03001/FUL

Application record

Reference
26/03001/FUL
Type
Planning Permission
Status
Awaiting Assessment
Received
20 Jul 2026
Validated
20 Jul 2026
Ward
City Centre
Parish
Old Town
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH1 1PT

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register

This site has had 4 applications since 2014: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/03000/LBC Awaiting decision

    12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

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

    Submitted 20 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 23/02747/LBC Granted

    12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    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.

    Decided 15 Aug 2023 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 14/02513/LBC Granted

    12 - 26 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

    Display permanent signage to external facade at The News Steps.

    Decided 29 Jul 2014 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Jul 2026

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 14 September 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.

Who's behind it

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D2 architect Agent, an architecture practice

3 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils

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Muckle Brig Ltd. Applicant, registered in Edinburgh

Active · incorporated 2014 · Edinburgh

1 application on PlanIndex

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Documents

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

5 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 full applications in a median of 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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  • 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

  • 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

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  • 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 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

  • 1F 6 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT

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    70% historically approved · decision due ~12 Aug

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