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Palace Of Holyrood House 23 Abbey Strand Edinburgh EH8 8DX

17/01215/FULPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 June 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Abbey Strand Buildings: Refurbishment and change of use to accommodate new Learning Centre and short-let serviced apartments; Mews Buildings and Coachmen's House: Minor internal and external alterations to provide improved visitor welcome spaces, WCs, storage and staff accommodation External Spaces: new landscaping to Palace Forecourt and Abbey Strand gardens, incl. 2 new staff huts and new external wayfinding/signage.

Received
17 March 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
City Centre
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 105 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Palace Of Holyrood House 23 Abbey Strand Edinburgh EH8 8DX. Edinburgh has handled 3,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 9 weeks longer than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 303 applications across City Centre. We hold 631 applications in total for the EH8 postcode area.

83% of full applications at City of Edinburgh Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EH8 8DX
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Old Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2017
Consultation expiry
28 April 2017
Last date for comments
7 April 2017
Target decision date
16 May 2017
Committee meeting
22 May 2017
Permission expires
29 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
United House North Road London UK N7 9DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 April 2017

Additional information

Documents
97

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2017
    17 Mar

    Abbey Strand Buildings: Refurbishment and change of use to accommodate new Learning Centre and short-let…

    This applicationApprovedFull17/01215/FUL
  2. 2017
    17 Mar

    Abbey Strand Buildings: Refurbishment and change of use to accommodate new Learning Centre and short-let…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside17/01216/LBC

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    2 Aug

    Undertake removals, pruning & replanting as per tree report dated 27th May 2022. - Remove deadwood over 25mm…

    RefusedTreework Within a Conservation Area22/03901/TCO
  2. 2022
    1 Jun

    Sorbus Intermedia - Swedish Whitebeam - with extensive internal decayed wood - plan ref: T25 - fell. Picea…

    RefusedTreework Within a Conservation Area22/02908/TCO
  3. 2022
    9 Mar

    Add a double leaf vehicular gate to the North side railings.

    ApprovedListed building consent22/01152/LBC
  4. 2021
    15 Apr

    Diseased Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra) No. 342 on survey - Fell to ground level.

    ApprovedTreework Within a Conservation Area21/02023/TCO
  5. 2020
    2 Nov

    Please see attached detailed tree works specification. - Please see attached detailed tree works…

    RefusedTreework Within a Conservation Area20/04770/TCO
  6. 2020
    5 Mar

    Advertisement of the following types : Projecting sign.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent20/01097/ADV

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