Planning application
1F1 8 Jeffrey Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1DT
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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 26/04020/CLESTL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/04020/CLESTL
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Existing STL
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 6 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 6 Oct 2026
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- Old Town
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH1 1DT
Comment by 28 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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6 Oct 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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9 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 December 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
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat 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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