Mercure 53 Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 2DG
Approved on 14 May 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Canopy 3x signs on canopy at high level made up of individual illuminated letters, and 4x hotel signage at ground floor entrance.
- Received
- 17 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Ward
- City Centre
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation7 Apr
- TargetTarget Date15 May
- DecidedDecided14 May
Decided in 58 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Mercure 53 Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 2DG. Edinburgh has handled 290 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 2 weeks longer than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 303 applications across City Centre. We hold 400 applications in total for the EH2 postcode area.
75% of advertising 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
- EH2 2DG
- Application type
- Advert Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- New Town + Broughton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 May 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Fraser Luke 16 Moray Place Edinburgh EH3 6DT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Site constraints
Source: Edinburgh
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