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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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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- Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0740/TCO
T1 Silver Birch remove tree , as it is damaging the path / stairs .
Flat 1 13 Cluny Gardens Edinburgh EH10 6BH
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03587/LBC
Replacement air conditioning and refrigeration condensing units. Replacement kitchen exhaust duct. New intake weather louvre.
119, 119A Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 4AA
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03588/FUL
Installation of three air conditioning units and refrigeration condensing units, an intake weather louvre and kitchen exhaust duct on the rear elevation.
119, 119A Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 4AA
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment24/05263/VAR2
Non-material variation application to 24/05263/FUL. Cycle store arrangement within Block 2 amended. External cycle store reduced in size. Minor amendments hard landscaping to accommodate revised cycle store. Amendments to soft landscaping in line with 2690 01 Rev D Landscape Layout. HD1114-PL-100 Window amended to raise sill level. HD1114-PL-800. Layout of external store amended as per HD1114-PL-010.
40 Fernieside Gardens Edinburgh
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03591/CLESTL
Existing use as an STL by no more than 4 persons and on no more than 11 occasions per calendar year.
2F1 10 Marchmont Street Marchmont Edinburgh EH9 1EL
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03592/CLESTL
For the existing use of the property as an STL by no more than 6 persons on no more than 22 occasions per calendar year.
4A Doune Terrace Stockbridge Edinburgh EH3 6DY
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03593/FUL
Erect a single storey pitched roof extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
12 Brand Gardens Magdalene Edinburgh EH15 3AJ
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03596/FUL
Improving vehicular entrance to the property, a rear extension and minor alterations to the first floor including a new dormer to provide ensuite accommodation to bedroom 2.
64 Kirk Brae Liberton Edinburgh EH16 6HY
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03597/FUL
Proposed single storey to rear to provided kitchen living area. Side extension with main roof extended over. Two dormers formed to the rear. Solar panels to the south and east elevations.
40 Craigs Crescent Craigmount Edinburgh EH12 8HU
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03598/LBC
Proposed replacement of existing individual single glazed panes with new vacuum insulating double glazing within existing timber frames.
22 Danube Street Edinburgh EH4 1NT
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03600/CLESTL
STL.
Flat 15 159 Broughton Road Warriston Edinburgh EH7 4QH
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0741/TCO
Cherry in front garden - Reduction/shaping by 0.5m in height and 1m in width, Acer in back garden - Reduction/shaping by 0.2m height and 0.5m width
14 Morningside Place Morningside Edinburgh EH10 5ER
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03602/FULSTL
Change of use of coach house to short term holiday let accommodation including proposed alterations and extension.
37 Polwarth Terrace Polwarth Edinburgh EH11 1NL
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03603/FUL
Removal of existing extension and construction of new extension to a larger footprint. To create a kitchen /dining space with lantern rooflights and victorian windows with hoppers above. All materials to match existing.
Chalumna Guest House 5 Granville Terrace Merchiston Edinburgh EH10 4PQ
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03604/LBC
Shopfront and internal alterations.
55 Forrest Road Edinburgh EH1 2QP
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03605/FUL
Conversion of existing external garage into gym, including removal and blocking up existing garage door. Extension of the same garage using timber frame construction to create a joined garden room with external access. Replacement of existing garage roof, raising it by 400mm and extending onto new garden room.
51 Silverknowes Road Silverknowes Edinburgh EH4 5HB
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03606/FUL
Demolition of an Existing Pre-Fab and the construction of 2 Semi- detached houses.
24 Craigour Avenue Moredun Edinburgh EH17 7NJ
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0743/TCO
Small beech approx 8 metres,dense crown, remove to ground level, small eucalyptus approx 6 metres, slender Remove to ground level.
23 Morningside Grove Morningside Edinburgh EH10 5QB
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0744/TCO
T1 holly reduce height by 0.5-1m and trim all over by 40cm to contain. , T2 Rowan - snip up growth on property side by up to 1m and higher growth by up to 1.5m, T3 Himalayan birch crown reduce all over by 1.5-2.5m and cut back over garages by 2 3m, t4 strawberry tree cut back up to 1m over drive way towards wall and reduce remainder by approx. 1m
14A Bright's Crescent Prestonfield Edinburgh EH9 2DB
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0745/TCO
T1 Himalayan birch - crown reduce height by 1.5-2.5m and sides by up to 1.5m.
11 Comiston Drive Morningside Edinburgh EH10 5QR
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0746/TCO
Copper maple: remove. Maple x2: reduce in height by 1.5m, reduce the biased sides by up to 2.5m, thin crown by 10%.Mature birch: reduce height by 1.5m and reduce the biased side by up to 2m.Spindly birch: remove.
20 Wester Coates Gardens Wester Coates Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03607/FUL
Remove and replace the existing rear shed and decking with a new single storey rear extension.
17 Boswall Avenue Boswall Edinburgh EH5 2EA
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0747/TCO
Cherry: reduce crown by up to 3 metres and thin by 15%.
19 Wester Coates Avenue Wester Coates Edinburgh EH12 5LS
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03608/FUL
Alterations and extension to end terrace property.
9 Raeburn Mews Edinburgh EH4 1RG
Received 7 Sept 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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