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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting Assessment26/02570/CLESTL
Short term let accommodation.
1F 15 West Maitland Street Edinburgh EH12 5EA
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02571/CLESTL
Use of entire flatted dwelling as short-stay residential accommodation, by single persons, or up to six persons together.
Flat 2 4 Carrubber's Close 135 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1SJ
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0465/TCO
Small cherry ,small Pieres + X2 camelia regrowth annual trimming.
29 St Clair Terrace Edinburgh EH10 5PS
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0466/TCO
Small bay tree, cotoneaster & small self-sown cherry annual trimming and removing small self-sound sapling.
145 Craiglea Drive Edinburgh EH10 5PP
Received 17 Jun 2026 - S50 Certificate Issued26/02572/S50
Request for a Planning Section 50 Certificate (Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005).
14 Eyre Place Edinburgh EH3 5EP
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Application Granted26/0467/TPO
Dead Cherry 940 with significant basal decay remove. Sycamore 941 remove large diameter deadwood. Sycamore 943 remove large diameter deadwood. Sycamore 944 remove large diameter deadwood. Dead Sycamore 945 remove leaving a 5m monlith as recommended by the Council.
1 Craighouse Road Edinburgh EH10 5LQ
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Application Refused26/02573/FULSTL
Retrospective application to regularise the STL use of the building consented under 19/05028/FUL.
6 Windsor Street Lane Edinburgh EH7 5JZ
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Application Granted26/02575/CLP
Deconversion of 2 No. residential units (54 and 54A Albany Street) into 1 No. residential property.
54, 54A Albany Street Edinburgh EH1 3QR
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0469/TCO
1x Lime front of No 2, Removal of epicormic growth back to supporting stem up main stem and also up scaffold limbs from crown break by 1m.Selective reduction of limb overhanging into neighbours cherry to give 1.5m clearance.2x limes, rear of No6, Removal of epicormic growth up main stem to crown break. Lateral reduction by no more than 2m.plus cherry, front No4, encroaching into the lime and across the boundary by 1.5m+. lateral reduction by 1.5m. As agreed by email 13 Jul.
2, 4, 6 Greenhill Gardens Edinburgh EH10 4BW
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Application Granted26/02576/FUL
Knock down of cill below window to form a new rear door with top hopper above. Removal of existing rear door and installation of a fixed light window.
52 Hollybank Terrace Edinburgh EH11 1SW
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Application Granted26/02577/FUL
Loft conversion involving the addition of two dormer windows.
36 Orchardhead Road Edinburgh EH16 6HP
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Application Refused26/02578/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation.
1F3 73 Bread Street Edinburgh EH3 9AH
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Application Granted26/02579/CLP
Internal alterations and formation of lean-to storage.
31 Park Avenue Edinburgh EH15 1JS
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Permission has been varied20/01946/VARY
Non-material variation application to 20/01946/FUL. The summerhouse on existing plans has evolved slightly in design. The footprint of room will now be 3m wide x 5.4m deep with a 0.6m canopy on the 3m side. Room will be clad in timber with uPVC double glazing in anthracite grey. The doors will be fully accessible for wheelchairs in line with rest of development.
69 Bellevue Road Edinburgh EH7 4DH
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02580/CLESTL
Existing use as a short term let for over 10 years.
Flat 1 12 Lady Lawson Street Edinburgh EH3 9DS
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Application Granted26/02581/FUL
Proposed accessible rear access and canopy for solar shading.
43 Barnton Park Avenue Edinburgh EH4 6HD
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02582/CLESTL
Application for the issue of a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming its existing use as short term let accommodation is lawful.
1F 6 St Giles Street Edinburgh EH1 1PT
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Application Refused26/02583/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use to short term let.
Flat 1A 140 Rose Street Edinburgh EH2 3JD
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02584/FUL
Change of use from class 1a retail unit to Class 3 restaurant with takeaway and installation of rear mounted flue.
544 Gorgie Road Edinburgh EH11 3AL
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Application Granted26/02585/LBC
Internal alterations new partition, new door, new extract penetration, repositioned SVP connection.
2B Blacket Place Edinburgh EH9 1RL
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02586/FUL
Residential development on vacant plot 1B in Western Harbour. The development comprises of 212 units including: 180 flats, 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms - 27 colony flats, 2 and 3 bedrooms. 5 townhouses, 5 bedrooms, bicycle storage, refuse storage, external amenity space and green space, car and motorcycle parking.
Land 80 Metres East Of 5 Western Harbour Way Edinburgh
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Application Granted26/02588/LBC
Remove existing Scottish slate roof (install an underlay) replace the tiles with new Spanish slate tiles as the existing tiles are damaged.
19 High Street Kirkliston EH29 9AY
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Application Granted26/0471/TPO
T3683 sycamore - fell tree; T3749 larch - fell tree; T3700 larch - fell tree; T3714 larch - fell tree; T3758 sycamore - fell tree; T3788 larch - fell tree; T3738 larch - fell tree; T3776 larch - fell tree.
Tree Works Harlaw Bank Harlaw Balerno
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Application Refused26/02589/FULSTL
Alterations and extension to existing detached garage to form a short term letting unit ancillary to existing house.
4 Gilberstoun Place Edinburgh EH15 2RB
Received 18 Jun 2026
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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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