Whitefoord House 53 Canongate Edinburgh EH8 8BS
Approved on 11 May 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Continued use as HMO accommodation.
- Received
- 16 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Ward
- City Centre
- ReceivedReceived16 Apr
- ValidatedValidated23 Apr
- Consult.Consultation14 May
- TargetTarget Date22 Jun
- DecidedDecided11 May
Decided in 18 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Whitefoord House 53 Canongate Edinburgh EH8 8BS. Edinburgh has handled 422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 2 weeks quicker 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 631 applications in total for the EH8 postcode area.
55% of amendment 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 8BS
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Old Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 14 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 22 June 2026
- Permission expires
- 11 May 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 60 days
Site constraints
Source: Edinburgh
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