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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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 decision26/03185/ADV
Hoarding.
Proposed Advertising Hoarding 30 Metres North Of 44 Niddrie Mains Road Edinburgh
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03186/FUL
Convert the attic space for domestic use with roof lights to the front and a dormer to the rear elevation.
3F2 7 Roseburn Terrace Edinburgh EH12 5NG
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03187/LBC
Internal and external works including facade lighting and adjusted roof details including re-roofing.
1F - 3F 62 - 66 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2LR
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Application Granted26/03188/FUL
New roof dormers to front of property.
52 Silverknowes Drive Edinburgh EH4 5HY
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03189/LBC
Proposed single storey extension and removal of existing stone out house at lower ground floor level to rear of property.
2 East Claremont Street Edinburgh EH7 4JP
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03190/FUL
Proposed single storey extension and removal of existing stone out house at lower ground floor level to rear of property.
2 East Claremont Street Edinburgh EH7 4JP
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0621/TCO
Cherry - Remove Tree.
22 Murrayfield Road Edinburgh EH12 6ER
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03191/LBC
Replace existing single glazed timber windows with double glazed timber windows all to match existing.
4F1 28 West Nicolson Street Edinburgh EH8 9DD
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03192/CLESTL
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming existing use as short term let accommodation is lawful.
46 East Fountainbridge Edinburgh EH3 9BH
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0622/TCO
Young Aspen at NE corner of park heavily leaning with little compensation growth of upper crown remove. Raised root ball & exposed roots to the SW large void under the root ball.
Flat 1 5 East Suffolk Park Edinburgh EH16 5PL
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03194/LBC
Amend the rear (East) elevation to increase the height of the stone cladding to the head of the window. As amended.
Carlton Highland Hotel 17 - 19 North Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1SD
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03195/LBC
Installation of ethernet cable service.
Kenilworth 152 - 154 Rose Street Edinburgh EH2 3JD
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Application Granted26/03196/LBC
Shopfront and internal alterations.
41 Montrose Terrace Edinburgh EH7 5DJ
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0623/TCO
Multi-stemmed Goat Willow in the rear communal garden. Has been reduced in height in the past. - Reduce crown height to previous heading cuts, from 15m down to 10m. Remove large diameter deadwood.
1F1 8 Roxburgh Street Edinburgh EH8 9TA
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Application Granted26/03197/FUL
Replace existing porch to front, with solid roof to match existing side extension.
141 Broomhall Crescent Edinburgh EH12 7PJ
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Permission has been varied25/01526/VARY
Non material Variation to permission 25/01526/AMC - Changes as follows:1. Plots 390-402 in parcel 6 moved northwards. 2. Plots 397-398 swapped with plots 399-400. 3. A detached garage added next to plot 403, which will be temporarily used as the sales office and then will form part of the curtilage of plot 402. 4. A temporary parking area will be provided for use by the sales compound and then removed prior to completion of parcel 6. The following drawings have been amended: 004B) Site Layout Parcel 6 and 7, 007B) Materials and Boundary treatments Parcel 6 and 7, 206A) Landscape GA, 209A) Planting Plan Plot 6, 211A) Planting Schedules and Management.
Land 1000 Metres NW SW And West Of Hermiston Junction M8 Gogar Station Road Edinburgh
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03199/CLESTL
Short-term let.
Flat 2 1 Allanfield Edinburgh EH7 5YG
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03200/LBC
Internal alterations to the Georgian townhouse at 37 Melville Street and internal and external alterations to the rear 1960s mews building.
37 Melville Street Edinburgh EH3 7JF
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision22/04301/VAR3
Non Material Variation to planning permission 22/04301/FUL - amend rear (East) elevation to increase the height of the stone cladding to the head of the window. As amended.
Carlton Highland Hotel 17 - 19 North Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1SD
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision16/06280/VAR3
Non Material Variation to planning permission 16/06280 - change to specified roof tile for plots 317-380 from Redland Mini Stonewold in Slate Grey to Russell Highland in Slate Grey.
Land 100 Metres South Of 105 Provost Milne Grove South Queensferry
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Application Refused26/03203/WINPA
The proposed development is to replace the existing windows with white uPVC double-glazed sash and case windows. The new windows have been designed to closely match the existing appearance. Although there are minor differences in the frame dimensions due to the double-glazed construction, the overall design will remain as close as possible to the original.
PF2 32 East Preston Street Edinburgh EH8 9QD
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03204/FUL
Install air conditioning units to rear of building, (in retrospect).
99 Nicolson Street Edinburgh EH8 9BY
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03205/FUL
Construction of an extension to the rear of existing house.
38 Baberton Mains Place Edinburgh EH14 3DE
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03206/CLESTL
Use premises as short-stay residential accommodation (short term let), persisting for more than 10 years.
1F1 1 St Stephen Place Edinburgh EH3 5AJ
Received 4 Aug 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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