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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727 approved · 74 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided25/00342/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
2 Kinlouch Crescent Rosewell EH24 9BY
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00343/WTT
Felling and pruning of trees within Penicuik conservation area and protected by Tree Preservation Order 2 of 1981
5 Valleyfield View Penicuik EH26 8NA
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00344/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
24 Mauricewood Road Penicuik EH26 0JP
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00345/LBC
Internal alterations
Hawthornden Castle Polton Road West Lasswade EH18 1EG
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00346/DPP
Installation of solar panels
Boghall Farm House Biggar Road Edinburgh EH10 7DX
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00347/LBC
Internal and external alterations; installation of solar panels; installation of rooflights; and alterations to window and door openings to form new doors and window openings
Boghall Farm House Biggar Road Edinburgh EH10 7DX
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00348/DPP
Erection of porch
51 Woodburn Loan Dalkeith EH22 2ES
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00349/WTT
Felling and/or pruning of trees within Roslin conservation area
Hawthornden Castle Polton Road West Lasswade EH18 1EG
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00350/LBC
Installation of EV Charger
Millade Cottage 4A Valleyfield Road Penicuik EH26 8LW
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00351/MSC
Approval of matters specified in conditions 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 21 attached to planning permission 17/00650/S42 (relating to access, landscaping, ground investigations and drainage works)
Land Bounded By The A720, The Wisp and Old Dalkeith Road Millerhill Dalkeith
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00353/CL
Extension to dwellinghouse (proposed)
67 Cadwell Crescent Gorebridge EH23 4NF
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00354/DPP
Erection of dwellinghouse and garage; formation of driveway; alterations to boundary wall and formation of entrance gate and associated works
Land At 14 Park Road Dalkeith
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00355/LBC
Alterations to boundary wall and formation of entrance gate
Land At 14 Park Road Dalkeith
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00357/DPP
Two storey extension to dwellinghouse
49 Broomieknowe Gardens Bonnyrigg EH19 2JE
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00358/PPP
Application for planning permission in principle for the erection of dwellinghouse
Land 100M South East of Glencorse Old Kirk Milton Bridge Penicuik
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00361/DPP
Formation of Car Parking
Land adjacent to 103 Lothian Street Bonnyrigg
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00362/PPP
Application for planning permission in principle for the erection of 14 dwellinghouses
Former Arniston Gas Works Gorebridge
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00363/DPP
Installation of protective barriers to roof
Sir Alexander Robertson Building Easter Bush Vetinary Centre Bush Farm Road Roslin EH25 9RE
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00364/DPP
Installation of protective barriers to roof
Farm Animal Practice and Equine Clinical Unit Bush Farm Road Roslin EH25 9RE
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00365/DPP
Erection of extension and alteration to door openings to form windows
Newhall House Carlops Penicuik EH26 9LY
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00366/LBC
Erection of extension and alteration to door openings to form windows
Newhall House Carlops Penicuik EH26 9LY
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00367/DPP
Change of Use from Office (Class 4) to House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) and alterations to window openings
51A High Street Bonnyrigg EH19 2DB
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00368/ADV
Display of illuminated and non-illuminated signage including illuminated totem sign
Land 50M North West of 1 Millerhill Dalkeith
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00369/DPP
Erection of shed (Retrospective)
174 Main Street Pathhead EH37 5SG
Received 9 Jul 2025
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 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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