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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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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 Assessment26/03659/FUL
Installation of semi-permanent modular galvanised steel disabled access ramp.
Flat 2 27 Christian Crescent Magdalene Edinburgh EH15 3AD
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0765/TCO
Crataegus monogyna and prunus padus fell both small trees as the hawthorn is dead and covered in ivy and the cherry is 90% dead.
Regent Royal And Carlton Terrace Gardens Regent Terrace Calton Hill Edinburgh
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03660/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of an existing dwellinghouse to short term visitor accommodation (secondary letting).
19 Hutchison Crossway Slateford Edinburgh EH14 1RQ
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03661/LBC
Internal alterations to form an open-plan kitchen / living room,removal of internal partitions. Formation of a new shower room through removal of the partition between two existing cupboards. Enlargement of bedroom. Relocation of the existing boiler and associated internal alterations.
3F1 2 Burnet's Close 156 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1QU
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03662/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of dwellinghouse to short-term let visitor accommodation. No external alterations are proposed.
12 Gayfield Place Lane Edinburgh EH1 3NZ
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03664/FUL
Change of use from office (Class 4) to residential.
GF 8 Doune Terrace Stockbridge Edinburgh EH3 6DY
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0766/TPO
Yew remove tree, Japanese cedar, remove tree, cypress sp. remove tree, Elwood cypress, remove tree, rhododendron group, remove trees.
27 Barnshot Road Colinton Edinburgh EH13 0DJ
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03666/FUL
New rooms created at attic floor level. New dormers formed to accommodate on all elevations.
68 Telford Road Craigleith Edinburgh EH4 2LY
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03669/OBL
Application for the Discharge of a planning legal obligation. Tram contribution has been paid and we would like to discharge the obligation and remove the registration from the title deeds.
18 Torphichen Street West End Edinburgh
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0767/TPO
Common lime sycamore, var. tree works as described in report.
1 Redhall House Avenue Wester Craiglockhart Edinburgh EH14 1JJ
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03672/LBC
Install a key safe at the front entrance.
2F 38 Palmerston Place New Town Edinburgh EH12 5BJ
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03673/LBC
Proposed new signage to replace existing.
15 Blair Street Old Town Edinburgh EH1 1QR
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03676/FUL
Repairs to the stone fascia cladding and replacement of the soffit.
99 Princes Street New Town Edinburgh EH2 3AA
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03678/LBC
Install metal flue cap at rear elevation of church.
Liberton Parish Church Kirkgate Liberton Edinburgh EH16 6RX
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03679/FUL
Partial attic conversion including rear dormer.
2 House O'hill Gardens Corbiehill Edinburgh EH4 2AR
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03681/CLP
Proposed single storey rear extension providing an ensuite and garage conversion providing utility.
27 Grigor Drive Craigleith Edinburgh EH4 2PJ
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03683/FUL
Proposed erection of garden room in rear garden area.
41 Cluny Drive Morningside Edinburgh EH10 6DU
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03684/LBC
Rear ground floor extension, basement conversion and internal alterations.
8 Bruntsfield Terrace Bruntsfield Edinburgh EH10 4EX
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03685/LBC
Install new en-suite to first floor rear room.
171 Whitehouse Loan Morningside Edinburgh EH9 2EX
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0768/TCO
Ash with advanced dieback remove tree to the ground.
56A The Causeway Duddingston Edinburgh EH15 3PZ
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Not make a Tree Preservation Order26/0769/TCO
T1 eucalyptus reduce height from 20m to 15m. T2 birch reduce height from 12m to 11m and canopy nsw from 4m to 3m and 4m to 2m south.
11 Upper Gray Street Newington Edinburgh EH9 1SN
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Application Granted26/0770/TPO
Sycamore tree T1,Tree removal by section fell.
Charles Bell Pavilion Astley Ainslie Hospital 143 Grange Loan Edinburgh EH9 2HL
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03687/CLP
Proposed occasional use of an existing home gym within a residential property for small, pre-booked Pilates and sculpt classes. Maximum approximately 10 participants plus one instructor per session. The property will remain primarily residential. No external alterations, signage or retail use are proposed. Classes would operate on a limited basis and would not involve conversion of the property into a commercial fitness studio.
32 Easter Dalry Wynd Dalry Edinburgh EH11 2TJ
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03689/CLESTL
Issue of a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming its existing use as short term let accommodation is lawful.
1F1 3 West Norton Place Abbeyhill Edinburgh EH7 5AW
Received 11 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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