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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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East Lothian
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates632Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records
0Refused applications
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Apr 2023 to 23 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, environment and building standardsLocal plan LDP2 and Local Place PlansConservation areas Historic Environment and Planning
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
- Not published26/00231/AMC
Approval of matters specified in condition 2 of planning permission 24/00667/PP - Erection of 1 house and associated works
Ashfield Gardens Countess Road Dunbar EH42 1JS
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00233/P
Replacement doors and windows
5 Fowler Street Tranent EH33 1BU
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00235/P
Erection of building for use as padel courts (Class 11), formation of vehicular access and associated works
Athelstaneford Mains Farm Athelstaneford North Berwick EH39 5BH
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00237/P
Alterations to flat
33 Stoneybank Crescent Musselburgh EH21 6HQ
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00241/LBC
Alterations to building and installation of extraction system
109 High Street North Berwick EH39 4HD
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00242/P
Alterations to building and installation of extraction system
109 High Street North Berwick EH39 4HD
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00244/P
Alterations to building (Retrospective)
106A, C, D And 108 High Street Dunbar EH42 1JJ
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00245/LBC
Alterations to building (Retrospective)
106A, C, D And 108 High Street Dunbar EH42 1JJ
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00246/P
Alterations, extension to house, repainting of garage door and associated works
2 St Margarets Road North Berwick EH39 4PH
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00247/LBC
Installation of roof vent
5 Cromwell Haven Lamer Street Dunbar EH42 1GU
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00249/LBC
Replacement roof windows and repainting of door and railings (Part Retrospective)
57 High Street Haddington EH41 3ED
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00250/P
Installation of Air Source Heat Pump
17 The Glebe East Saltoun Tranent EH34 5HG
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00251/CLU
Installation of 2 fire escape staircases
Elphinstone Research Centre Elphinstone Tranent EH33 2NE
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00253/P
Section 42 application to remove Condition 3 of planning permission 24/00825/P to allow the use of power washers - REFUSED
2-6 Ormiston Road Tranent EH33 2DR
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00255/CLD
Certificate of lawfulness for garage conversion to form domestic living accommodation
1 Wallace Crescent Wallyford East Lothian EH21 8DD
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00256/P
Removal of existing structure and replacement
Musselburgh Grammar School 86 Inveresk Road Musselburgh East Lothian EH21 7BB
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00257/P
Extension to house
3 Elcho Terrace Longniddry East Lothian EH32 0LA
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00259/P
Change of use of veterinary practice to form 1 house
37 Court Street Haddington East Lothian EH41 3AE
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00261/P
Change of use of scrubland and grass verge to form vehicular access, formation of hardstanding/carparking area and erection of gates
Land South Of A6093 And B6367 Junction Ormiston East Lothian
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00003/PAN
Construction of dome/building over artificial football pitch
Hibernian Training Centre 1A E Mains Ormiston Tranent EH35 5NG
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00262/P
Replacement windows and door
Keswick House 5 Edinburgh Road Cockenzie Prestonpans EH32 0JA
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00263/P
Alterations, extension to house, erection a sauna/shower room building, ,garden storage/store/toilet building and associated works
4 Law Road North Berwick EH39 4PL
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00264/LBC
Alterations, extensions to building, erection of walls, formation of hardstanding areas, demolition of fencing and gates
4 Law Road North Berwick EH39 4PL
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Not published26/00265/P
Formation of vehicular access (Retrospective)
77 Lochbridge Road North Berwick East Lothian EH39 4DW
Received 13 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for East Lothian, 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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