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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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
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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 Assessment26/03491/FUL
New half glazed door and screen to replace existing garage doors, change of use from garage /store to single bedroom apartment.
9 Brunswick Street Lane 70 Montgomery Lane Edinburgh
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03492/ADV
Advertisement of the following types. Fascia sign geely branded trough light aluminium panel fascia. aluminium 4.5 m totem. Aluminium entrance portico. All painted GEELY grey 425c. Internally illuminated geely /dealer name letter and logo. Illuminated trough down light 500cd/m.
107 Glasgow Road Edinburgh EH12 8LH
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0717/TCO
Dead standing Elm, Dutch Elm, removal.
12B Corrennie Drive Edinburgh EH10 6EG
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03493/FUL
SPN cabinet to front garden (as amended).
150 St John's Road Edinburgh EH12 8AY
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Application Granted26/03494/CLE
The land behind 5 Harrison Road has been in use as my garden since 1984 when I developed it (i.e. from when I purchased the house). It is a fenced-in plot of land similar to all other garden plots in the street. It contains mature plants, trees and lawn. There are no structures (except the fencing) on the land. I understand that the garden appears on the council mapping since that time.
5 Harrison Road Edinburgh EH11 1EG
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03495/LBC
Incorporating existing rear store into the garage to provide additional length. Installing a new staircase to replace the existing non-original stair. Formation of a new upper-floor entrance opening on the rear elevation.
10 Church Hill Edinburgh EH10 4BQ
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03496/FUL
Incorporating existing rear store into the garage to provide additional length so it can accommodate modern vehicles. Installing a new staircase to replace the existing non-original stair. A new upper-floor entrance opening on the rear elevation.
10 Church Hill Edinburgh EH10 4BQ
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03497/LBC
Restaurant frontage alterations to glazing, stall riser and access door to suit approved new signage.
9 Baxter's Place Edinburgh EH1 3AF
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03498/FUL
Restaurant frontage alterations to glazing, stall riser and access door to suit approved new signage.
9 Baxter's Place Edinburgh EH1 3AF
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03499/FUL
Installation of air conditioning system with external unit mounted on flat roof.
3F2 1B Eildon Street Edinburgh EH3 5JU
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03500/LBC
Formation of en-suite shower room and fitted wardrobe within bedroom of ground floor flat. En-suite and wardrobe taken part height only, allowing cornice to remain unaltered. Fit black cast iron extract termination grille at low level on external wall.
6 St Margaret's Road Edinburgh EH9 1AZ
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03501/FUL
Installation of semi-permanent modular galvanised steel access ramp.
GF1 44 Easter Drylaw Place Edinburgh EH4 2QG
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03505/LBC
Replace existing single-glazed timber sash and case windows with new double-glazed timber sash and case windows on a like-for-like basis. Top and bottom sashes to shower room and bathroom to be provided with obscured glazing. All others to be clear glazed panes as existing.
21 Crawfurd Road Edinburgh EH16 5PQ
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0718/TCO
Birch tree X2 - 3-4 metre Birch tree reduction x2.
Flat 1 10 Suffolk Road Mayfield Edinburgh EH16 5NR
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03506/FUL
Application to create driveway to front of dwelling.
94 Gilmerton Dykes Drive Edinburgh EH17 8LL
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Permission Is Not Required26/03508/LBC
Strip wallpaper; replaster and repaint internal walls and ceilings; repaint/replace internal doors and door handles; replace carpet with new carpet/laminate; install ceiling rose in living room; replace flat front door lock; replace wall sockets, light switches, and light fixtures; strip and repaint the existing internal window shutters.
2F 45 Bread Street Edinburgh EH3 9AH
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03509/LBC
To strip the Westmorland slate pitched roof coverings and to recover the roof slopes with Spanish Cupa Heavy 3 slates, incorporating a breathable membrane and doubling up on the slate vents.
Flat 3 31 Drumsheugh Gardens Edinburgh EH3 7RN
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03510/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use from residential dwelling to short-term let accommodation for up to 3 guests, with no structural alterations to the property.
3F5 168 Albert Street Edinburgh EH7 5NA
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0719/TCO
Betula Pendula - 1.5m crown reduction with 20% thin
7 Blackford Road Edinburgh EH9 2DT
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0720/TCO
Acer psuedoplatanus - 20% crown thin and approx 2m reduction, Prunus (cherry) - 20% crown thin and approx 1.5m reduction, Prunus Lusitanica - 0.5m crown reduction
5 Blackford Road Edinburgh EH9 2DT
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0721/TCO
Willow, reduce the height and sides by 1m.
39 Ann Street Edinburgh EH4 1PL
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0722/TCO
false acacia, reduce all round by 1m.
38 Ann Street Edinburgh EH4 1PJ
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0723/TCO
Large laburnum laburnum tree branches to be pruned back by 1.2 metres around the street light.2 x Lime trees crown lift of both trees to a height of 3 metres, 360
1 Hermitage Drive Edinburgh EH10 6DE
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0724/TPO
T27 common beech reduce height of crown by 2m reduce north and east sides of crown by 2m. T30 scots pine deadwood crown and target prune low lateral branches., T35 pedunculate oak deadwood crown. T35 pedunculate oak deadwood crown, 11 trees as specified plan.
7 Laverockdale Park Edinburgh EH13 0QE
Received 31 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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