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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 published26/00578/P
Alterations to building to form 1 house and associated works
Former Kennel Masters Cottage Kamehill Markle East Linton East Lothian
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00579/P
Alterations, extension to house, formation of dormer, erection of fencing and associated works
11 Binning Wood Road Whitekirk North Berwick Dunbar EH42 1XR
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00580/P
Extensions to garage to form ancillary residential accommodation
9 Smith Wynd Tranent EH33 2FG
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00581/LBC
Replacement windows
Beachcote Golf House Road Dunbar EH42 1LS
Received 4 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00583/P
Installation of underground tank with ground level tank cover
11 West Fenton Cottages Gullane North Berwick EH39 5AL
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00584/P
Replacement doors
5 Ruthven Road Dirleton North Berwick EH39 5HB
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00585/P
Siting of mobile snack bar
Road Adjacent To Whitecraig Public Park Whitecraig Crescent Whitecraig East Lothian
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00586/P
Extension to house
40 Toll House Grove Tranent EH33 2QR
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00588/P
Extension to house
12 Grange Road Prestonpans EH32 9LL
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00589/P
Alterations, extension to house
Christmas Cottage Sea Wynd Aberlady Longniddry EH32 0SD
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00590/P
Erection of walled silage clamp, underground effluent tank and associated bunding
Trabroun Farm Haddington East Lothian
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00591/CLD
Certificate of lawfulness for garage conversion to form garden room
14 Cowpits Avenue Whitecraig Musselburgh EH21 8TB
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00592/P
Change of use of woodland to domestic garden ground and erection of garage/store
Tranent Mains Farm Tranent Mains Road Tranent EH33 1DU
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00593/P
Siting of refrigeration unit
Unit D Halflandbarns Tantallon North Berwick East Lothian EH39 5PW
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00594/PNT
Erection of telecommunications monopole and associated works
Pennypit Park Rope Walk Prestonpans East Lothian EH32 9BN
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00596/PNW
Replacement window
3A Hopetoun Terrace Gullane East Lothian EH31 2DD
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00597/P
Extensions to house, formation of first floor balcony
14A Law Road North Berwick East Lothian EH39 4QR
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00598/P
Installation of solar panels
9 Limekilns Pencaitland Tranent East Lothian EH34 5HF
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00602/P
Alterations to house and formation of steps
12 Letham Place Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1AJ
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00603/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use - Use of building as an office (class 4)
9 Hilton Court Court Street Haddington East Lothian EH41 3AF
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00605/P
Extensions to house, formation of dormer
Ballencrieff Garden Cottage Aberlady East Lothian EH32 0PJ
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00005/PAN
Residential development including formation of accesses, landscaping, open space, drainage, car parking and other supporting infrastructure and development.
Lammermoor Terrace Tranent East Lothian
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00607/P
Erection of shop/laundrette and associated works
Seton Sands Holiday Village Port Seton Prestonpans EH32 0QF
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Not published26/00608/P
Extension to house
43 Kings Cairn Archerfield Dirleton EH39 5EX
Received 11 Jun 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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