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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727 approved · 74 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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
- Decided25/00170/DPP
Extension and alterations to recycling facility
Stobhill Recycling Centre Stobhill Road Gowkshill Gorebridge
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00171/DPP
Erection of two dwellinghouses and associated works
Land At 50 and 51 Louis Braille Way Gorebridge
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00172/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
54 Broomieknowe Park Bonnyrigg EH19 2JB
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00173/CL
Extension to dwellinghouse. (Proposed Development)
57 Porterfield Crescent Penicuik EH26 0FP
Received 27 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00174/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse and associated alterations to garden levels and erection of retaining walls; installation of rooflight
41 Mitchell Street Dalkeith EH22 1JQ
Received 27 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00175/PACOM
Erection of 20m high telecommunication mast, transmission dishes and antennae and ancillary equipment
Land adjacent Sheriffhall Roundabout and Old Dalkeith Road Dalkeith
Received 27 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00176/CL
Change of use from office/industrial (Class 4/5) to storage and distribution (Class 6) (Existing use)
Units 13-16 32 Dryden Road Loanhead EH20 9LZ
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00177/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
54 Station Road Roslin EH25 9LR
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00178/PNWIND
Prior notification for installation of replacement windows within a conservation area
53 Fourth Street Newtongrange EH22 4PN
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00179/DPP
Siting of shipping container unit and formation of hardstanding
Land At Dryden Farm Roslin
Received 1 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00180/DPP
Formation of dormer window
9 St Davids Newtongrange EH22 4LG
Received 1 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00182/DPP
Erection of modular classrooms and associated works
Roslin Primary School Pentland View Place Roslin EH25 9ND
Received 2 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00183/DPP
Alteration to garage roof and formation of two dormer windows; two storey extension to garage; alteration to ground levels
8 Newlandrig Gorebridge EH23 4NS
Received 2 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00184/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
48 Fifth Street Newtongrange EH22 4PJ
Received 2 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00185/DPP
Two-storey extension to building
Alex F Noble and Son Eastfield Farm Road Penicuik EH26 8EZ
Received 3 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00186/WTT
Pruning of tree within Eskbank & Ironmills conservation area
10 Ancrum Bank Dalkeith EH22 3AY
Received 3 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00187/DPP
Erection of garage
15 Corbie Drive Dalkeith EH22 2QQ
Received 4 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00188/CAC
Demolition of building in a Conservation Area
Lugton Water Tower of Lugton Brae Dalkeith
Received 7 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00190/DPP
Erection of 6 dwellinghouses, formation of access, drainage, landscaping and associated works
Armadilla Whitehill Road Rosewell EH24 9EQ
Received 7 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00191/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
32 Seventh Street Newtongrange EH22 4JS
Received 8 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00192/S42
Section 42 application to remove condition 1 of planning application 13/00597/DPP
32A Damhead Lothianburn Edinburgh EH10 7EA
Received 8 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00193/WTT
Pruning of trees within Newbattle conservation area
Land to Rear of 32 - 58 Jewel Gardens Eskbank Dalkeith
Received 8 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00194/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
3 Lawfield Steading Dalkeith EH22 5TE
Received 8 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00195/ADV
Display of non-illuminated signage
Moubray Building Edinburgh Technopole Milton Bridge Penicuik EH26 0GB
Received 8 Apr 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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