A burger joint’s ‘interesting’ signage will have to come down after an appeal by its owners was denied by Edinburgh councillors .

The Chilo’s Burgers location on Clerk Street applied for the permission in February 2025 to cover a new metal facade which had been built above the entrance.

Council planning officers rejected the application in May, saying the modifications were out of character for a conservation area in the Old Town.

The company behind the restaurant put in an appeal in July, saying that the new signage represented an improvement over the previous appearance of the shop.

But now, at a meeting of the city’s Local Review Board on Wednesday, councillors have sealed the signage’s fate, voting to have the burger shop take down the signage.

Liberal Democrat councillor Alan

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