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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803 approved · 248 refused · 78 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
More application records
- Awaiting Assessment26/03772/LBC
Proposed single storey extension and redesign of previously consented garage.
14 Ladycroft Deanpark Balerno EH14 7AG
Received 17 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03775/CLESTL
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness confirming existing use as short term let accommodation is lawful.
406 Webster's Land Tollcross Edinburgh EH1 2RX
Received 17 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0783/TCO
Mature Nothofagus (T224) remove has outgrown its position close to the buildings.
Flat 2 108 Warrender Park Road Marchmont Edinburgh EH9 1DN
Received 17 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0784/TCO
Lime T1178 crown lift to 5.2m for highway clearance remove deadwood greater than 25mm. Lime T1179 crown lift to 5.2m for highway clearance remove deadwood greater than 25mm. Lime T1184 crown lift to 5.2m for highway clearance.
Flat 1 26 Viewforth Edinburgh EH10 4FF
Received 17 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03782/LBC
Internal alterations to dwelling and conversion of existing integral garage, install new front screen window and door, install newwindow to gable elevation.
223A Ferry Road Edinburgh EH6 4SP
Received 17 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0785/TCO
Silver Birch.
22 Arboretum Road Inverleith Edinburgh EH3 5PN
Received 17 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0786/TCO
T1 cherry remove. T2 and T3 Leylandii remove.
10 St Thomas Road Grange Edinburgh EH9 2LQ
Received 17 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03785/FULSTL
Change of use domestic annex to short term let. (retrospective).
1 House O'hill Crescent Edinburgh EH4 5DE
Received 17 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0787/TCO
Lime tree remove deadwood do a climbing inspection looking for cavities also crown raise 3.5m.
24A London Street Broughton Edinburgh EH3 6NA
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03788/FUL
Proposed single storey gable extension.
12 Kinnear Road Inverleith Edinburgh EH3 5PE
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0788/TCO
T1 Magnolia reduction. T2 Holly reduction. T3 Beech reduction.
26 Lomond Road Trinity Edinburgh EH5 3JL
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0789/TCO
T1 Eucalyptus removal. T2 Apple removal.
178 Ferry Road Edinburgh EH6 4NS
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03791/FUL
Remove existing roof, extend existing house with new roof over incorporating first floor accommodation new electrics, plumbing etc
82 Wakefield Avenue Craigentinny Edinburgh EH7 6TW
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03795/WINPA
We wish to install new double glazed upvc windows to replace our old wooden sash and case windows, which are rotten. The replacement windows are pvc sash windows (heritage range) with wood effect finish. the opening mechanism is the same. All othe rdetails will match the old windows including number, orientation and colour of panes and all the dimensions, colour of frame and astragalsbars.
46 Spylaw Street Edinburgh EH13 0JT
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0790/TCO
Leylandii hedge to front garden at boundary between Nos. 8 and 10 West Brighton Crescent removal to ground level.
10 West Brighton Crescent Portobello West Edinburgh EH15 1LU
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03801/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short term let accommodation.
16 Rosebank Cottages Fountainbridge Edinburgh EH3 8DA
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0791/TCO
Maple removal of tree by sectional felling and rigging.
6 Wester Coates Gardens Wester Coates Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Received 18 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0793/TCO
T1 Cedar, sectional fell to ground level.
27 Inverleith Terrace Edinburgh EH3 5NU
Received 21 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0794/TCO
Large Elm tree, full removal of large Elm tree.
PF1 18 Livingstone Place Edinburgh EH9 1PD
Received 21 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0795/TCO
Ash tree, remove tree. Holly, reduce height by 2m. Cypress, reduce height by 4-5m. Cypress 1, reduce height by 4-5m. Birch, remove tree.
14 Station Road Dalmeny South Queensferry EH30 9HY
Received 21 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0797/TCO
Lawson Cypress 'Wisselii' in the front garden, remove. Has become to large for its position.
1 Broomyknowe Edinburgh EH14 1JZ
Received 21 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0800/TCO
T1 Norway Maple, removal.
50 Pilrig Street Edinburgh EH6 5AL
Received 21 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/03814/FULSTL
Retrospective change of use of premises to short-term let accommodation.
1F1 194 Rose Street Edinburgh EH2 4AZ
Received 21 Sept 2026 - Awaiting Assessment26/0802/TPO
Leyland Cypresses, reduction of 2 Leyland Cypresses from 18 metres to 9 metres.
Treeworks West Mill Road Edinburgh
Received 22 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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