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David Hume Tower 40 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LL

25/06565/FULApproved

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Stabilisation and consolidation of the facade involves wrapping the existing facade in a light gauge stainless steel open mesh system.

Submitted
22 December 2025
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 58 days

About this application

This is a planning application at David Hume Tower 40 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LL. Edinburgh has handled 12,800 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 2 weeks longer than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 631 applications in total for the EH8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EH8 9LL

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Dec

    Stabilisation and consolidation of the facade involves wrapping the existing facade in a light gauge…

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/06565/FUL
  2. 2025
    17 Dec

    Light gauge stainless steel mesh will be secured to the building's superstructure.

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongside25/06568/LBC

Source: Edinburgh

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