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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.
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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas50 mapped area records
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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
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0530/TCO
Aesculus hippocastanum in Front garden next to driveway - Crown reduce by no more than 2.0m and crown lift to 4.0m from existing ground level. Tilia � europaea at side of house - Crown reduce tree by overall of 1.5 meter and crown thin by 5 percent, Tilia � europaea at side of house - Crown reduce tree by overall of 1.5 meter and crown thin by 5 percent
1A Relugas Road Grange Edinburgh EH9 2NE
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0532/TCO
Cherry Tree - Full removal.
4 Wester Coates Avenue Wester Coates Edinburgh EH12 5LS
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Application Refused26/02836/FULSTL
Change of use of a dwellinghouse to a secondary short-term let.
Flat 1 8 Hawkhill Close Leith Edinburgh EH7 6FE
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Application Granted26/02837/FUL
Change in design to approved storey and a half rear and single storey gable extension.
20 Torphin Road Colinton Edinburgh EH13 0HW
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0533/TCO
Mature Ash overhanging the street evidence of Ash dieback remove Ivy from base remove large diameter deadwood and 1 very low branch interfering with the Weigela. Holly overhanging the street currently 8m high reduce the top growth by 2.5m crown lift to 2.5m above the pavement. Filed Maple overhanging the street remove low adventitious growth on bole to 5m.
GF 10 Russell Place Trinity Edinburgh EH5 3HH
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Permission has been varied25/04751/VARY
Non Material Variation - Increase height to the lift shaft and correction to the size of the louvres.
Kings Manor Hotel 100 Milton Road East Edinburgh EH15 2NP
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment09/00248/VAR2
Non-Material Variation to Planning Consent 09/00248/FUL. See details in summary.
1 Pipe Lane Portobello West Edinburgh EH15 1BR
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02840/FUL
Change of Use from retail and wholesale (Class 1A) and storage/distribution (Class 6) of laminate flooring, underlay and associated items to Use Classes 4, 5 and 6
Unit 4 2 Seafield Way Edinburgh EH15 1TB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - S50 Certificate Issued26/02841/S50
Request for a Planning Section 50 Certificate (Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005)
90 Dalry Road Dalry Edinburgh EH11 2AX
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02842/FUL
Use of premises for Class 4 (business), Class 5 (General Industrial) and Class 6 (storage and distribution).
Unit 3B, Unit 4 3 Seafield Way Edinburgh EH15 1TB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02843/FUL
Use of premises for Class 4 (business), Class 5 (General Industrial) and Class 6 (storage and distribution).
Unit 1 3 Seafield Way Edinburgh EH15 1TB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Application Granted26/02844/ADV
Fascia sign, Box sign, Advance sign displays.
9 Lonehead Drive Newbridge Junction Newbridge EH28 8TG
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Application Granted26/02845/FUL
Alterations to existing dwelling house. Including formation of new external steps to rear and new rear entry. New air source heat pump.
70 Craigleith View Ravelston Edinburgh EH4 3JY
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0534/TCO
30ft Birch Tree felling and cutting the stump as low to the ground as possible, inserting eco plugs.
8A Forth Street Broughton Edinburgh EH1 3LD
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02847/CLESTL
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming existing use as short-term let accommodation is lawful.
3F 74 Thistle Street New Town Edinburgh EH2 1EN
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02848/CLESTL
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming existing use as short-term let accommodation is lawful.
Flat 4 3 Merchant Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 2QD
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02849/CLESTL
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming existing use as short-term let accommodation is lawful.
Flat 1 2 Heriot Bridge Old Town Edinburgh EH1 2HR
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02850/CLESTL
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming existing use as short-term let accommodation is lawful.
Flat 2 19 Old Fishmarket Close 190 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1AE
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Application Granted26/02851/FUL
Installation of 3 No. chiller units.
6, 7-10 Flassches Yard South Gyle Edinburgh EH12 9LB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Application Withdrawn26/02852/ADV
Fascia Sign, Projecting Sign, Higher level sign
Albany House 58 Albany Street Broughton Edinburgh EH1 3QR
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Application Granted26/0535/TPO
G1 Pine x3 sympathetically cut back lateral growth on house side by up to a maximum of 2m to contain.
1 Rattray Way Greenbank Edinburgh EH10 5TU
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Application Granted26/02853/FUL
Proposed heat pump, roof integrated solar PV, permeable driveway including access alterations and replacement windows.
1 Ladywell Road Broomhall Edinburgh EH12 7TA
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/02854/FULSTL
Erection of 4 flats for use as short term lets.
Land 5 Metres South Of 2 Warden's Close Edinburgh
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0536/TCO
T1 Cotoneaster sectional fell to ground level.
12 Grange Loan Gardens Grange Edinburgh EH9 2EB
Received 8 Jul 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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