Planning application
34 Queen Street New Town Edinburgh
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective change of use of an office unit to short term letting accommodation.
As published by the council, reference 26/03633/FULSTL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/03633/FULSTL
- Type
- Planning Permission STL
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 8 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- New Town + Broughton
- Decision by
- Local Delegated Decision
Comment by 16 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on City of Edinburgh's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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19 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 November 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 41 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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