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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
City of Edinburgh
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of Edinburgh. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates2,242Searchable applications
684Recorded as pending
76%Approval rate · 1,051 approved or refused records
248Refused applications
803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2024 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 27 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and buildingContact planning Property enquiry certificatesLocal plan Local Development Plan and guidancePre-application advice Apply for planning permissionConservation areas Apply for conservation area consent
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.support@edinburgh.gov.ukCouncil source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Application Refused25/03931/CLESTL
Short term let.
2F2 11 Bread Street Edinburgh EH3 9AL
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Application Granted25/03979/FUL
Installation of 2x artificial sports pitches, associated warm up area, floodlighting, fencing, areas of hardstanding and infrastructure.
79 Myreside Road Edinburgh EH10 5DB
Received 1 Aug 2025 - Application Refused25/03982/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short-term let accommodation.
Flat 1 6 Dorset Place Edinburgh EH11 1JP
Received 1 Aug 2025 - Application Granted25/04016/FUL
Alterations and repairs, reinstatement of the historical octagonal chimney to the Georgian Wing, necessary services upgrades, new rooflights, installation of an air source heat pump with external enclosure, new fire-fighting water tank, new opening to garden at rear and landscaping works.
Malleny House 4 Malleny Balerno EH14 7AF
Received 4 Aug 2025 - Application Refused25/04040/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation.
406 Webster's Land Edinburgh EH1 2RX
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Application Withdrawn25/04201/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short-term let accommodation.
3F2 5 Teviot Place Edinburgh EH1 2QZ
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Unknown25/04361/TCO
cherry tree seven meters high and four meters wide - reduce and shape the tree to six meters high and three meters wide , birch tree - no reduction in tree height just removing side branches at phone lines less than a meter.
6 Bright's Crescent Edinburgh EH9 2DB
Received 22 Aug 2025 - Unknown25/04445/TCO
Mature Birch tree, located in south west corner beside property boundary - Removal of tree. Dismantled carefully to avoid surrounding wall, structures and plants.
14 Morningside Court Morningside Edinburgh EH10 5NY
Received 28 Aug 2025 - Application Granted25/04454/CLESTL
Existing use as a short term let for over 10 years.
Flat 2 77 East Claremont Street Broughton Edinburgh EH7 4HU
Received 28 Aug 2025 - Application Refused25/04658/CLESTL
10 years operations as short term let.
PF2 16 Johnston Terrace Edinburgh EH1 2PR
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04698/CLESTL
Short term let (change of use to short term let took place within the last 10 years but is not material change of use).
Flat 2 12B Rutland Square Edinburgh EH1 2BB
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04709/CLESTL
Short term letting use.
114 West Bow Old Town Edinburgh EH1 2HH
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04735/CLESTL
Existing use as a short term let for over 10 years.
1F 6 South Learmonth Gardens Stockbridge Edinburgh EH4 1EY
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Application Granted25/04752/CLESTL
To continue use as a short term let.
2F2 4 Northumberland Place New Town Edinburgh EH3 6LQ
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04781/CLESTL
Application for the issue of a certificate of lawfulness confirming its existing use as short term let visitor accommodation.
1F2 44 Pitt Street Bonnington Edinburgh EH6 4DA
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04784/CLESTL
Application for the issue of a certificate of lawfulness confirming its existing use as short term let visitor accommodation.
Flat 1 53 Lothian Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1HB
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04786/CLESTL
Short term let.
Flat 2 2 East Parkside St Leonards Edinburgh EH16 5XJ
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04810/CLESTL
Use of the property as a short term let providing self-catering visitor accommodation.
3F3 86 West Bow Old Town Edinburgh EH1 2HH
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04828/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation.
1F 2 Abercromby Place Edinburgh EH3 6JX
Received 12 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04850/CLESTL
Confirming its existing use as short-term let visitor accommodation (sui generis).
Flat 5 8 Old Tolbooth Wynd Old Town Edinburgh EH8 8EQ
Received 12 Sept 2025 - Application Granted25/04879/FUL
Change of use from Class 4 office to hotel with ancillary bar, restaurant and lounge areas with new build infill on ground floor for reception and ancillary facilities including secure bicycle and removal of car parking to form new landscaped area.
94 Ocean Drive Edinburgh EH6 6JH
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04880/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation.
PF2 10 Downfield Place Edinburgh EH11 2EN
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04882/CLESTL
Short term let (change of use to short term let took place within the last 10 years but is not material change of use).
Flat 2A 4A East Suffolk Road Mayfield Edinburgh EH16 5PH
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Application Refused25/04901/CLESTL
The apartment has been utilised continually since 2017 to provide short-term holiday accommodation.
4A Carlton Terrace Calton Hill Edinburgh EH7 5DD
Received 15 Sept 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for City of Edinburgh, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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