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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas30 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
- Not published26/00463/LBC
Installation of solar panels
Seton Court Cottage Whim Road Gullane EH31 2BD
Received 1 May 2026 - Not published26/00464/P
Extension to house
31 Stoneyhill Drive Musselburgh EH21 6SQ
Received 1 May 2026 - Not published26/00465/LBC
Replacement windows
Gladsmuir Farmhouse Gladsmuir East Lothian EH33 1ED
Received 1 May 2026 - Not published26/00466/CLD
Certificate of lawfulness for replacement windows
16 Marmion Road North Berwick EH39 4PG
Received 1 May 2026 - Not published26/00467/P
Siting of 56 storage containers, erection of fencing and gates for use as self-storage facility and associated works
Land South Of Unit E Gilmerton Estate East Fortune Athelstaneford East Lothian
Received 4 May 2026 - Not published26/00468/P
Section 42 application to vary Condition 1 of Planning Permission 22/01380/P to extend the temporary time period for the siting of containers for sports training facility for a further period of 60 months
Hallhill Healthy Living Centre Lochend Road Dunbar EH42 1RF
Received 4 May 2026 - Not published26/00469/PP
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a 60-bed care home, 10 associated extra care apartments (Class 8), car parking, landscaping, and associated works
Land East Of Drummore House Wallyford Toll Wallyford East Lothian
Received 4 May 2026 - Not published26/00470/P
Installation of ramp with handrails
29 Craigleith Avenue North Berwick East Lothian EH39 4EN
Received 4 May 2026 - Not published26/00471/P
Alterations to house and carport
St Helens Paterson Place Haddington EH41 3DU
Received 5 May 2026 - Not published26/00472/LBC
Alterations to building
St Helens Paterson Place Haddington EH41 3DU
Received 5 May 2026 - Not published26/00474/P
Change of use agricultural land for the erection of a pet cremation facility building and associated works
32 Boggs Holdings The Boggs Pencaitland East Lothian EH34 5BA
Received 6 May 2026 - Not published26/00475/CAC
Demolition of fence
Eelburn House 11 Westerdunes Park North Berwick East Lothian EH39 5HJ
Received 6 May 2026 - Not published26/00476/P
Extension to house
27 Meadowside Aberlady East Lothian EH32 0BF
Received 6 May 2026 - Not published26/00477/P
Extension to house
11 John Knox Road Longniddry EH32 0LP
Received 6 May 2026 - Not published26/00478/P
Alterations to flat
5 Preston Road East Linton EH40 3DR
Received 6 May 2026 - Not published26/00479/LBC
Alterations to building
5 Preston Road East Linton EH40 3DR
Received 6 May 2026 - Not published26/00480/P
Alterations to garage
12 Cadell Place Longniddry EH32 0GE
Received 6 May 2026 - Not published26/00481/P
Erection of porch
78 Muirfield Drive Gullane EH31 2HJ
Received 6 May 2026 - Not published26/00482/P
Replacement doors
10 Glasclune Gardens North Berwick EH39 4RB
Received 7 May 2026 - Not published26/00484/P
Replacement door
Davera Haddington Road Aberlady Longniddry EH32 0RX
Received 7 May 2026 - Not published26/00485/P
Remove two structural walls to make a large kitchen dining area and convert the existing garage into living space.
40 Corporal John Shaw Court Prestonpans EH32 9GJ
Received 8 May 2026 - Not published26/00486/P
Extension to house and erection of porch
9 Stoneyhill Terrace Musselburgh EH21 6SG
Received 8 May 2026 - Not published26/00487/P
Installation of broadband box
18-20 Market Street Haddington EH41 3JL
Received 8 May 2026 - Not published26/00488/LBC
Installation of broadband box
18-20 Market Street Haddington EH41 3JL
Received 11 May 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 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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