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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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Assessment26/03167/CLESTL
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming existing use as short term let accommodation is lawful.
3 Atholl Crescent Lane Edinburgh EH3 8ET
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Permission has been varied19/05051/VAR6
Non-material variation to 19/05051/AMC - change to specified roof tile for plots 43-75, 81-95 and 98-110 from Redland "Mini Stonewold" in Slate Grey to Russell Highland in Slate Grey.
Land 195 Metres South Of West Craigs Cottage 85 Craigs Road Edinburgh
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Permission Is Not Required26/03168/LBC
Installation of sink in creche area.
Inch Community Centre 225 Gilmerton Road Gilmerton Edinburgh EH16 5UF
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03169/LBC
Replace the existing temporary proping to install a series of structural glass panels beneath the ceilings to support the plaster directly, with a steel frame installed beneath the panels to carry the load.
2 Warriston's Close Edinburgh EH1 1PG
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Permitted Development26/03170/FUL
Change of use from class 1A to class 3 - food and drink.
193 Whitehouse Road Edinburgh EH4 6BU
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03171/LBC
Internal alterations with new en-suite, replacement kitchen and bathroom and new door between kitchen and living room.
Flat 2 4 Chessel's Court 240 Canongate Edinburgh EH8 8AD
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03172/LBC
Remove existing window to living room to rear elevation of basement level flat and replace with patio doors with fanlight over. Existing opening retained, but with cill taken down to internal floor level.
28A Nelson Street Edinburgh EH3 6LJ
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03173/FUL
Demolition of Social Club and erection of 97 bed temporary emergency accommodation facility (Class 8) with landscaping, access and associated works.
22B Mcleod Street Edinburgh EH11 2NH
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0616/TCO
Leylandii removal.
20 Granby Road Edinburgh EH16 5NL
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03174/FUL
Proposed garden room and replacement garden shed.
10 Granby Road Edinburgh EH16 5NL
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03175/LBC
Proposed garden room and replacement garden shed.
10 Granby Road Edinburgh EH16 5NL
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03176/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation.
2B Grove Street Edinburgh EH3 8BB
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03177/LBC
Replace two sash and case timber windows with slimline double glazed sash and case timber windows to match existing, retrospective.
3F2 116 Rose Street Edinburgh EH2 3JF
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0617/TCO
T1 Lime: remove all dead wood above 25mm in width. Thin the upper 75% of the canopy density by 30%T2 Atlas Cedar: remove any deadwood above 25mm in width. Reduce selected large end loaded limbs to lessen the chances of failure. As shown in the supplied photo.T3 Maple: reduce the height by a maximum of 1m and reduce the sides parallel to the lawn and wall by a maximum 40cm.T4 Tulip tree: reduce the height by a maximum of 50cm and reduce the sides parallel to the lawn and wall by maximum 40cm.T5 Hornbeam & T6 Maple: reduce the latest growth on the top. Maple 50cm and Hornbeam 1m maximum.T7 Cherry: reduce all over by 1-1.5m.T8 Pear: reduce in height by 80cm.T9 Katsura: reduce in height by 1.5m,
14A Hermitage Drive Edinburgh EH10 6DD
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03178/FUL
Loft conversion with extended roof to rear and dormer window to the front and single storey rear extension; Install new side window and garage entrance door.
1 Duddingston Square East Edinburgh EH15 1RU
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03179/LBC
To replace the existing single glazing with slimline double glazing within the existing sash and case timber window frames.
2F2 27 Bellevue Crescent Edinburgh EH3 6NF
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Application Granted26/03180/ADV
Display of new external wall-mounted signage.
5 Cultins Road Edinburgh EH11 4DF
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0618/TCO
Large walnut tree (Juglans regia) W1 full removal, large Himalayan Birch (HB1) 25% height reduction of 2.5m.
10B Broughton Place Edinburgh EH1 3RX
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Unknown26/00056/SCR
EIA screening request.
Land 90 Metres East Of 1A Riverside Edinburgh
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Permission has been varied23/00008/VAR3
Non material Variation - Amendment of window specification from Aluclad composite (NorDan Windows) to full metal windows (PURe Casement).
35 Jock's Lodge Edinburgh EH8 7AA
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03183/LBC
Conversion and alterations of existing office premises to form one serviced apartment.
58 North Castle Street Edinburgh EH2 3LU
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03184/FULSTL
Change of use, conversion and alterations of existing office premises to form one serviced apartment.
58 North Castle Street Edinburgh EH2 3LU
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0619/TPO
Tilia x Europea X3 Acer pseudoplatanus X1 list epicormic growth , lime X3 + reduction X1 branch sycamore.
6 Inveralmond Grove Edinburgh EH4 6RA
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0620/TCO
Mature Lime to the west of the school grounds to the south of the refectory. - Remove tree. Removed major deadwood in the past. Tree very close to the building.
George Heriots School 2 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9EQ
Received 3 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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