A historic Edinburgh city centre building is set to be turned into a hotel with a roof terrace.
The site, at 17 George IV Bridge, was previously subject to plans for a new aparthotel on the floors above the existing Vittoria restaurant at the end of 2022.
Now, planning officers have recommended the application for approval ahead of Wednesday's Development Management Sub-Committee meeting with councillors.
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The building overlooks the busy George IV Bridge and was built back in 1860 by Patrick Wilson. It is three storeys above the bridge and five in total, with a further two fronting Merchant Street.
The application would not impact the shops and businesses on the ground floor as it only relates to the upper floors. The space in question was previously used as office space and would become a selection of serviced apartment with living amenities.
In addition, the attic level would also have alterations made to the roof, to allow for the creation of a viewing point and sliding glass doors opening up onto a specially-made terrace.
Providing guests with impressive views over the Old Town, a design statement read: "The proposal is to convert the first and second floors of the building from office space to an aparthotel. The current internal layout will be reconfigured to form nine self-contained units, all accessed from the original staircase.
"A flat roofed dormer extension will be constructed above the original staircase to allow the stair to extend upwards to the attic level. At attic/roof level, two new dormers (including the stair dormer) will be inserted to the existing roof on the west (rear) of the building.
"A new terrace will also be formed allowing external access from one of the units. None of these will be visible from street level. The apartments have been designed in a way to limit the internal alterations required and to ensure that most of the original features can be retained."
According to planning officers, the proposals would be acceptable in that they would comply with the relevant policies contained within the National Planning Framework 4 and retain city centre diversity and vitality.
They say it will not have an unacceptable impact on neighbouring residential amenity and there are no other material considerations which outweigh this conclusion.
The plans will now be out in front of councillors during Wednesday's meeting.
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