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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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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More application records
- Awaiting Assessment26/03409/FUL
Install glass safety balustrades and reinstate wrought iron handrails.
21A Magdala Crescent Edinburgh EH12 5BD
Received 20 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment24/00721/VARY
Increase the length and width by 700mm reason to accommodate a thicker kit build up to ensure it is highly efficient.
3 Kellerstain House Gogar Station Road Edinburgh EH12 9BS
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Permission Is Not Required26/03410/LBC
External decoration to all courtyard facing doors, frames and window sills.
1 - 96 Rosemount Buildings Fountainbridge Edinburgh EH3 8DB
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03411/FUL
Adjustment of an existing rear extension, with a partial garage conversion and internal alterations.
67 Trinity Road Edinburgh EH5 3HS
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0696/TCO
T1 Cherry- reduce in height by max 1.5m and sides by max 1m. Also 1m clearance from lampost, raise to ensure a 2.5mclearance above pavement and 5.5m clearance over road. To comply with an ECC overhanging foliage notice. Pre-Height:7.5mPre-Width:7m Post-Height:6m Post Width:5m T2 Cherry- reduce in height by max 1m and sides by Max 0.5m. Raise overpavement to 2.5m. Pre-Height:5m Pre-Width:5m Post-Height:4m Post Width:4m Post-Height:6m Post Width:5m
GF 32 Hartington Place Edinburgh EH10 4LE
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03412/CLP
Proposed use of a dwellinghouse (Class 9) at 1 Malachi Green as a children's residential care home for (at any one time) up to three resident children and no resident staff; Replace the rear conservatory roof; alter the garage door to form windows to create additional room and extend the front driveway
1 Malachi Green Kirkliston EH29 9FT
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0697/TCO
T1 Lime - Repollard tree to previous reduction points, pruning Bole to be retained.
GF 10 Eton Terrace Edinburgh EH4 1QD
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03413/FUL
Proposed new entrance gates.
The Elms Care Home 148 Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh EH9 2EZ
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03414/LBC
Internal alterations to form openings between various rooms on the ground, first and second floors.
23 Alva Street Edinburgh EH2 4PS
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03415/ADV
Advertisement of the following types : Box Sign, Projecting Sign (illuminated).
23 Water Street Edinburgh EH6 6SU
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03416/FUL
Extension and alterations to detached house; New garage and widen existing driveway opening with new gates; Recessed balcony to rear; New roof windows
184 Whitehouse Road Edinburgh EH4 6DB
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03417/FUL
Erect new single storey solid roof sunroom extension onto rear of property.
31 East Clapperfield Edinburgh EH16 6TU
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03418/LBC
Repair and reinstatement works.
1F2 68 Constitution Street Edinburgh EH6 6RR
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03419/LBC
Internal alteration works throughout property and replacement of glazing in existing windows.
Flat 3 25 Belgrave Crescent Edinburgh EH4 3AL
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03420/FUL
Single storey rear extension (in retrospect).
102 Peacocktail Close Edinburgh EH15 3QT
Received 21 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03421/LBC
Addition of snowboards to front elevation roof.
84 George Street Edinburgh EH2 3DA
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0698/TCO
T1 - Elm - Reduce overhanging branches by approximately 1-2m back to boundary wall, T2 - Willow - Reduce overhanging branches by approximately 2-2.5m back to boundary wall, T3 - Lime - Reduce overhanging branches by 1-1.5m back to boundary wall , T4 - Lime - Reduce overhanging branches by 1-1.5m back to boundary wall , T5 - Elder - Remove two limbs damaging wall. Reduce overhanging branches by 0.5-1m back to boundary wall
7 - 11 Great King Street, 13 Drummond Place Edinburgh EH3 6QW
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03422/LBC
Replace the existing timber sash windows with slimline double glazed timber sash windows to match existing.
1F2 3 Warrender Park Terrace Edinburgh EH9 1JA
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03423/FUL
Erection of raised external decking forming a covered carport below, with associated balustrading, privacy screening and alterations to form a new external door opening.
4 Broughton Market Edinburgh EH3 6NU
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0699/TCO
Please see attached word doc.
Belgrave Crescent Gardens 26 Belgrave Crescent Edinburgh
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03424/FUL
Proposed erection hardwood timber front entrance porch.
3 Corstorphine Hill Road Edinburgh EH12 6JZ
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03425/LBC
Strengthen select floor structures and redecorate rooms. Install new floor finishes to select rooms. Fire stopping works in basement boiler room. Removal of redundant services. Install new power and data points and install new lighting.
BF, GF90 The Georgian House 7 Charlotte Square Edinburgh EH2 4DR
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0700/TPO
Mature Red Maple close to south garden wall in West Grange Gardens affecting 8 and 9 Grange Terrace. Red Maple 3850 - Removal of tree prior to wall buttressing.
Treeworks Grange Loan Edinburgh
Received 24 Aug 2026 - Application Approved26/03426/WINPA
I bought Flat 4 110 Comiston Road on 10th July 2026 and I am notifying you and ask for prior approval that I will reinstate the original wooden sash window design throughout the property and replace the current UPVC windows at the property. The current windows open fully (swing) and are not the original opening method as should be in sash windows. I have a quote from "Edinburgh Sash and Case Company", and have already paid for the initial work of making the windows from scratch. The windows are due to be installed with great care and attention to detail in the middle of September 2026.
1F2 110 Comiston Road Edinburgh EH10 5QL
Received 21 Aug 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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