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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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Conservation areas50 mapped area records
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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 Assessment26/03609/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation.
Flat 2 3 Merchant Street Edinburgh EH1 2QD
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03610/LBC
Replacement of existing sash windows on a like-for-like basis with new windows, custom-fitted with Slimline IGUs.
75 Morningside Park Edinburgh EH10 5EZ
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0748/TCO
Lime tree crown reduction - reduce height by 2 metres and radius by 1.5 metres including clearance of lamp post.
6 Pentland Road Hailes Edinburgh EH13 0JA
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03612/ADV
Advertisement of the following types: Illuminated fascia sign, projecting sign.
26 Multrees Walk New Town Edinburgh EH1 3DQ
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0749/TCO
privit hedges remove to allow mini bus to reverse into parking spaces, removal of kanzan cherry remove recommended buy tree survey, sycamore deadwood removal recommended buy tree survey, mix of trees, cut back over hanging branches from next door land, land owner has given permission.
Main Senior School Building George Watsons College 67 - 71 Colinton Road Edinburgh EH10 5EG
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03613/FULSTL
Change of use from office to serviced apartment and external alterations including new dormer.
12 Cumberland Street South East Lane Edinburgh EH3 6RU
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0750/TCO
Hemlock remove.
7 Dalrymple Crescent Grange Edinburgh EH9 2NU
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03615/LBC
Internal and external alterations including replacement dormer windows.
12 Cumberland Street South East Lane Edinburgh EH3 6RU
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03616/FUL
Proposed Patio design.
22 Ogilvie Terrace Polwarth Edinburgh EH11 1NP
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03619/LBC
Internal alterations to form new bedrooms and make adjustments to existing bedrooms. Formation of new en suite bathrooms. Minor partition removals and new openings to be formed.
No.11 Hotel & Brasserie 11 Brunswick Street Edinburgh EH7 5JB
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Unknown26/03620/WINPA
Window 5 (non original and not facing road) is to be changed to a fixed pane insyead of side opening.
40 Cluny Gardens Morningside Edinburgh EH10 6BN
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03621/LBC
Works to lower ground floor including change from two leaf to single leaf external lightwell door; removal of non-original draft lobby; formation of shower room; installation of a tea prep /wall lining; replacement of contemporary demountable ceiling and utilisation of an existing cellar as a bike store (as existing adjacent).
32 Charlotte Square Edinburgh EH2 4ET
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03622/FUL
Single-storey extension to accommodate a hydrolysis cremation suite, connected to the existing funeral home by a glazed link.
106 Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh EH9 1BD
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03625/ADV
Advertisement of the following types: Illuminated fascia sign.
55 Forrest Road Old Town Edinburgh EH1 2QP
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03626/FUL
Alterations to shopfront.
55 Forrest Road Edinburgh EH1 2QP
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03629/FUL
Proposed new house, drive and garage.
Land 35 Metres South Of 2 Buckstone View Buckstone Edinburgh
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0751/TCO
G1 trees opposite 102 Commercial Street - prune overhanging branch growth back to the verge line & sectional fell all dead trunks
Flat 94 102 Commercial Street North Leith Edinburgh EH6 6LT
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03630/LBC
Replacement of existing sash windows on a like-for-like basis with new windows, custom-fitted with Slimline IGUs.
2F1 90 Grove Street Edinburgh EH3 8AP
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03631/LBC
Internal and external alterations. Remove and replace Fireplace 01 in Bedroom 01; Install stove within the existing living room fireplace (Fireplace 02); Form a new kitchen within the back room and replace the existing rear window with patio doors opening onto the private rear garden; Remove stone Platt in rear garden to install drainage; Replace existing external kitchen plastic drainage with new cast-iron.
1A Leopold Place Edinburgh EH7 5JW
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03633/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of an office unit to short term letting accommodation.
34 Queen Street New Town Edinburgh
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0752/TCO
Sycamore, remove tree.
Flat 2 16 Merchiston Park Merchiston Edinburgh EH10 4PN
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03634/LBC
To fit an external meter in the basement stair.
45 Queen Charlotte Street Edinburgh EH6 7HT
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03635/PND
Demolition of former janitors house.
58A Rannoch Road Clerwood Edinburgh EH4 7EN
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0753/TCO
Cherry Blossom tree (T1) situated in rear garden of property shape and balance. Reduce in height by 1.5 metres and width by 1 metre. Slight thin.
10 Inverleith Gardens Craigleith Edinburgh EH3 5PS
Received 8 Sept 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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