Sir James McKay House 18 Ravelston Park Edinburgh EH4 3DX
Approved on 14 January 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Development consisting of change of use, from 21 bed residential care home to 5 residential apartments.
- Received
- 28 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Ward
- Corstorphine/Murrayfield
- ReceivedReceived28 Nov
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 47 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Sir James McKay House 18 Ravelston Park Edinburgh EH4 3DX. Edinburgh has handled 3,111 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 5 days longer than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Corstorphine/Murrayfield. 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 3DX
- Application type
- Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Murrayfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 12 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 49 Cumberland Street Edinburgh EH3 6RA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Source: Edinburgh
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