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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.
Scotland · Local authority
Midlothian
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Midlothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,176Searchable applications
190Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 801 approved or refused records
74Refused applications
727 approved · 74 refused · 32 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Nov 2020 to 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01312713302Council source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas21 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
- Decided25/00057/DPP
Erection of two-storey extension
6A Lothian Street Bonnyrigg EH19 3AD
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00058/DPP
Replacement of door and alterations to window to form patio doors; erection of garage
1 Rockville Terrace Bonnyrigg EH19 2AG
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00059/DPP
Resurfacing of grass pitch with synthetic 3G and associated works; erection of retaining wall; installation of floodlights
New Dundas Park Lothian Street Bonnyrigg
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00061/WTT
Felling and pruning of trees within Eskbank and Ironmills conservation area
5 Park Road Dalkeith EH22 3DF
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00062/CL
Extension to dwellinghouse (proposed development)
2 South Quarry Gardens Gorebridge EH23 4GX
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00063/DPP
Erection of outbuilding
187 Pentland Park Loanhead EH20 9PJ
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00064/WTT
Felling of tree protected by TPO 3 of 2000
The Lodge Mauricewood Road Penicuik EH26 0NH
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00065/PNWIND
Prior notification for installation of replacement windows within a conservation area
13 Cuguen Place Lasswade EH18 1AD
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00066/PNWIND
Prior notification for installation of replacement windows within a conservation area
8 Saughs Cottages Newtongrange EH22 4PA
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00067/DPP
Formation of porch
30 Thorny Crook Crescent Dalkeith EH22 2RJ
Received 5 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00068/DPP
Change of use from agricultural land to equestrian use and erection of stable block
Land At Elginhaugh House Elginhaugh Road Dalkeith
Received 6 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00069/DPP
Replacement of conservatory roof and installation of flue
6 Mcquade Street Bonnyrigg EH19 3QG
Received 6 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00070/WTT
Pruning of trees in Newbattle conservation area
The Stables 23 Lothian Road Dalkeith EH22 3AA
Received 6 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00071/WTT
Felling of tree in Eskbank & Ironmills conservation area
5 Lothian Bank Dalkeith EH22 3AN
Received 6 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00072/WTT
Pruning one tree and monolith one tree within Eskbank and Ironmills conservation area
Mount Lothian 9 Lothian Bank Dalkeith EH22 3AN
Received 6 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00073/WTT
Felling and pruning of trees within Lasswade & Kevock conservation area
18 West Mill Road Lasswade EH18 1LX
Received 6 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00074/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
4 Rullion Green Grove Penicuik EH26 0RX
Received 6 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00076/DPP
Erection of two workshop units
Land to The North of Unit D1 Midlothian Innovation Centre Roslin
Received 10 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00077/DPP
Erection of 40 dwellinghouses, formation of access roads and associated works
Old Craighall Road (Pod J) Millerhill Dalkeith
Received 10 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00078/PPP
Application for planning permission in principle for the erection of technical facilities including an extension to the existing technical storage facilities; new paddock and stables; and demolition of existing training building and replacement with new office building
Glencorse Barracks Edinburgh Road Penicuik EH26 0NP
Received 10 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00079/DPP
Demolition of existing school and erection of community campus comprising of primary school and nursery; formation of sports pitches, roads and car parking and associated works
Former Mayfield Primary School Stone Avenue Mayfield Dalkeith EH22 5PB
Received 10 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00080/DPP
Erection of two storey extension to dwellinghouse and attached garage
1 Rosedale Grove Rosewell EH24 9DQ
Received 11 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00081/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse and erection of garden room
24 Dalrymple Gardens Cousland Dalkeith EH22 2PW
Received 12 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00082/DPP
Application for extension of timeframe in which to implement planning permission 05/00225/FUL (extension to dwellinghouse)
Damhead House 2 Damhead Damhead Lothianburn Edinburgh EH10 7DZ
Received 12 Feb 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Midlothian, 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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