STOP S1 Development's attempt to change 14 & 15 Claremont Cres. from residential, long-term housing to short-term, non-residential accommodations
We need your urgent support to oppose S1 Developments Ltd.’s plans to convert No 14 & 15 Claremont Crescent into short-term, non-residential serviced accommodations. This historic Category A listed building, designed by the renowned Scottish architect William Burn, is a significant contribution that embodies Edinburgh’s rich architectural and cultural heritage.
Claremont Crescent, established in 1823, has stood as a testament to centuries of residential stability and historical significance. Its preservation is essential to maintaining the integrity of Edinburgh’s historic fabric. The Council originally approved S1’s project proposal under the promise that it would expand the availability of residential housing. However, S1 has since abandoned this commitment, risking the loss of the neighborhood’s residential character just as the project approaches completion.
Introducing short-term accommodations fundamentally undermines the Crescent’s historical relevance, cultural importance, and architectural integrity. These changes threaten the very fabric of a site that has thrived for over two centuries as a vibrant, lived-in community. Preservation and conservation of Claremont Crescent’s residential purpose are vital to safeguarding its historic essence and ensuring that future generations can continue to experience its unique heritage.
This issue transcends local interests; it is a matter of protecting Edinburgh’s cultural identity and legacy. Short-term accommodations erode the neighborhood’s character and dilute its significance as a living historic space. We must prioritize preservation over short-term gains to maintain the city’s cultural and historical integrity. Your support is crucial in ensuring that Claremont Crescent remains a treasured part of Edinburgh's heritage for generations to come.
Please take a moment to sign our petition to help us preserve our neighborhood and hold S1 Developments accountable.
Sincerely,
The Neighbours & Residents of Claremont Crescent
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
November 7, 2025
49 Comments
Claremont Crescent is a beautiful and historical crescent. Its heritage lives with the people who live there today and in the future, an established and thriving community of residents. Any short-term accommodation will not contribute to the unique character of this neighborhood but destroy its integrity. Therefore I oppose strongly the idea of any short-term accommodation.
Claremont Crescent is such a special street in Edinburgh with a truly neighbourly feel. S1’s plans to push on STL expansion will not only be hugely disruptive to the area, but also disingenuous on their part as their initial plans were to renovate 14 & 15 and place the flats up for sale. Long-term rentals or places for ownership in Edinburgh are in high need, not more STLs.
This is a quiet residential crescent with a large number of families. Short term accommodation will create much disturbance to its residents and alter the nature of our community.
Resident in Claremont Crescent 35 years. This new proposal is in direct conflict with the earlier plan to increase residential accommodation in the crescent, which I supported. Serviced apartments are not required in Claremont Crescent (we have a housing crisis in Edinburgh), nor are they wanted (they would have an adverse effect on our community) .
Claremont Crescent is a quiet, local community-oriented residential enclave in which the residents, most of whom are long term owner-occupiers, enjoy a happy and neighbourly co-existence. Sad to say, the proposed change to the planning application for no. 14 & 15, a property situated at the very heart of the Crescent, threatens to undermine its very nature and character.
1. Claremont Crescent is a fully residential street. Needed short-term accommodation is much better kept to the Royal Mile and the heart of the city centre which is also the heart of the tourist industry, backed and developed in that manner by the Council. There is so much commercial enterprise and noisy events on the streets in the city centre that very few residents would want to live in the midst of it. Claremont Crescent is not in that category, so should be kept residential. 2. SI should be forced to keep to its planning agreement which was approved by the council and also, very significantly, by the residents of Claremont Crescent. SI’s move to change the agreement from residential to short-term let accommodation, looks very like an attempt to gain what may have been SI’s original intensions by another means since they likely knew that an STL development wouldn’t get a go-ahead had they applied for this in the first instance. 3. The whole principle of changing residential housing in quiet residential streets to short-term accommodation, is one the that council says it’s against. 4. Lessening the amount of agreed new residential housing at a time of housing crisis, is crazy and cruel. The council can have no justification for allowing the agreed new residential housing to be changed. It has every justification, however, to force the hand of SI to keep its agreement to develop the residential housing which from reports, appears to be almost complete.
To whom it may concern, I oppose strongly this development which will exhacerbate the housing crisis in the city and increase the risk in the Crescent.
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STOP S1 Development's attempt to change 14 & 15 Claremont Cres. from residential, long-term housing to short-term, non-residential accommodations
We need your urgent support to oppose S1 Developments Ltd.’s plans to convert No 14 & 15 Claremont Crescent into short-term, non-residential serviced accommodations. This historic Category A listed building, designed by the renowned Scottish architect William Burn, is a significant contribution that embodies Edinburgh’s rich architectural and cultural heritage.
Claremont Crescent, established in 1823, has stood as a testament to centuries of residential stability and historical significance. Its preservation is essential to maintaining the integrity of Edinburgh’s historic fabric. The Council originally approved S1’s project proposal under the promise that it would expand the availability of residential housing. However, S1 has since abandoned this commitment, risking the loss of the neighborhood’s residential character just as the project approaches completion.
Introducing short-term accommodations fundamentally undermines the Crescent’s historical relevance, cultural importance, and architectural integrity. These changes threaten the very fabric of a site that has thrived for over two centuries as a vibrant, lived-in community. Preservation and conservation of Claremont Crescent’s residential purpose are vital to safeguarding its historic essence and ensuring that future generations can continue to experience its unique heritage.
This issue transcends local interests; it is a matter of protecting Edinburgh’s cultural identity and legacy. Short-term accommodations erode the neighborhood’s character and dilute its significance as a living historic space. We must prioritize preservation over short-term gains to maintain the city’s cultural and historical integrity. Your support is crucial in ensuring that Claremont Crescent remains a treasured part of Edinburgh's heritage for generations to come.
Please take a moment to sign our petition to help us preserve our neighborhood and hold S1 Developments accountable.
Sincerely,
The Neighbours & Residents of Claremont Crescent
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
November 7, 2025
49 Comments
Turning residential properties into short term letting businesses impacts significantly on the community. Streets like this should be places where families live and grow together, develop neighbourly habits and are safe and supporting environments. The Council says we have a housing emergency - allowing short term keys flies in the face of what needs to be done.
Claremont Crescent is a beautiful and historical crescent. Its heritage lives with the people who live there today and in the future, an established and thriving community of residents. Any short-term accommodation will not contribute to the unique character of this neighborhood but destroy its integrity. Therefore I oppose strongly the idea of any short-term accommodation.
Claremont Crescent is such a special street in Edinburgh with a truly neighbourly feel. S1’s plans to push on STL expansion will not only be hugely disruptive to the area, but also disingenuous on their part as their initial plans were to renovate 14 & 15 and place the flats up for sale. Long-term rentals or places for ownership in Edinburgh are in high need, not more STLs.
This is a quiet residential crescent with a large number of families. Short term accommodation will create much disturbance to its residents and alter the nature of our community.
Resident in Claremont Crescent 35 years. This new proposal is in direct conflict with the earlier plan to increase residential accommodation in the crescent, which I supported. Serviced apartments are not required in Claremont Crescent (we have a housing crisis in Edinburgh), nor are they wanted (they would have an adverse effect on our community) .
Claremont Crescent is a quiet, local community-oriented residential enclave in which the residents, most of whom are long term owner-occupiers, enjoy a happy and neighbourly co-existence. Sad to say, the proposed change to the planning application for no. 14 & 15, a property situated at the very heart of the Crescent, threatens to undermine its very nature and character.
1. Claremont Crescent is a fully residential street. Needed short-term accommodation is much better kept to the Royal Mile and the heart of the city centre which is also the heart of the tourist industry, backed and developed in that manner by the Council. There is so much commercial enterprise and noisy events on the streets in the city centre that very few residents would want to live in the midst of it. Claremont Crescent is not in that category, so should be kept residential. 2. SI should be forced to keep to its planning agreement which was approved by the council and also, very significantly, by the residents of Claremont Crescent. SI’s move to change the agreement from residential to short-term let accommodation, looks very like an attempt to gain what may have been SI’s original intensions by another means since they likely knew that an STL development wouldn’t get a go-ahead had they applied for this in the first instance. 3. The whole principle of changing residential housing in quiet residential streets to short-term accommodation, is one the that council says it’s against. 4. Lessening the amount of agreed new residential housing at a time of housing crisis, is crazy and cruel. The council can have no justification for allowing the agreed new residential housing to be changed. It has every justification, however, to force the hand of SI to keep its agreement to develop the residential housing which from reports, appears to be almost complete.
To whom it may concern, I oppose strongly this development which will exhacerbate the housing crisis in the city and increase the risk in the Crescent.
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Turning residential properties into short term letting businesses impacts significantly on the community. Streets like this should be places where families live and grow together, develop neighbourly habits and are safe and supporting environments. The Council says we have a housing emergency - allowing short term keys flies in the face of what needs to be done.