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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0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 published26/00720/CLD
Extension to house
7 Buchanan Avenue Haddington East Lothian EH41 3FQ
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00721/P
Extension to building
12 Letham Mains Holdings Haddington East Lothian EH41 4NW
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00723/P
Erection of agricultural building
Castleton Farm Tantallon North Berwick EH39 5PN
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00724/LBC
Internal alterations to building
Oak Lodge 14 Inveresk Village Road Inveresk EH21 7TE
Received 2 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00725/LBC
Alterations and extension to building
Holy Trinity Church 6A Church Street Haddington EH41 3EX
Received 2 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00726/P
Section 42 application to vary condition 1 of approval of matters specified in conditions 23/00853/AMC - to extend the time period for a further 2 years
Land At Windygoul South Tranent
Received 2 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00727/P
Erection of building for short term holiday let and associated works
The Cabin 43D Westgate North Berwick EH39 4AG
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00728/P
Erection of house and associated works
Garden Ground Of 9 Stair Park Tranent East Lothian
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00730/P
Erection of water storage irrigation tank and associated pumphouse and associated works
West Links Golf Course Abbotsford Road North Berwick
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00731/P
Erection of 1 house and associated works
Land To The North East Of Thistly Cross Roundabout West Barns Dunbar East Lothian
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00732/P
Erection of shed and formation of pond
2 The Square East Linton EH40 3AD
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00733/P
Extensions to house
73 Polwarth Terrace Prestonpans East Lothian EH32 9PZ
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00735/P
Alterations, extensions to house and installation of air source heat pump
6 Macnair Avenue North Berwick EH39 4QY
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00736/P
Extensions to house and formation of dormer window
Pilgrims Way Beveridge Row Belhaven Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1TP
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00738/P
Conversion of 1st floor of building to beauty salon and a dog groomer (Class 1A)
Longniddry Farm Longniddry East Lothian EH32 0NZ
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00739/P
Renewal of approval of matters specified in conditions 23/00534/AMC - for the erection of 1 house and associated works
48 Kings Cairn Archerfield Dirleton North Berwick East Lothian EH39 5EX
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00741/P
Formation of dormer
6 Belhaven Road Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1DE
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00742/P
Erection of 1 house with separate ancillary residential accommodation building and associated works
Land North East Of 2 Lawson Place Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1JW
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00743/P
Extensions to house
14 The Village Archerfield North Berwick EH39 5HT
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00748/P
Change of use of flat to short term holiday let
23B Summerside Place Main Street Gullane EH31 2AW
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00749/P
Erection of Reception Building and formation of hardstanding area (Retrospective)
Woodside Boarding Kennels East Fortune East Lothian EH39 5JX
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00752/P
Erection of conservatory
1 Ramsay Gardens Longniddry EH32 0GB
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00753/P
Erection of poultry building and associated works
Howden Farm East Saltoun East Lothian EH41 4JS
Received 13 Jul 2026 - Not published26/00754/P
Alterations to house
53 Eskside West Musselburgh East Lothian EH21 6RB
Received 13 Jul 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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