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Flat 1 10 Columba Road Blackhall Edinburgh EH4 3QT

25/05002/FULPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 November 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Alterations and change of use of vacant care home to form single private house.

Received
19 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Inverleith
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Flat 1 10 Columba Road Blackhall Edinburgh EH4 3QT. Edinburgh has handled 3,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days longer than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Inverleith. We hold 2,176 applications in total for the EH4 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
EH4 3QT
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Craigleith + Blackhall

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Last date for comments
16 October 2025
Target decision date
18 November 2025
Permission expires
6 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Tom Whitelaw Kitleybrig Kitleyknowe Carlops Penicuik EH26 9NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Jan

    Form new single storey side extension and new dormer windows.

    ApprovedApplication26/00275/FUL

Source: Edinburgh

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