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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727 approved · 74 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/00425/S42
Section 42 application to amend condition 10 of planning permission 00/00154/FUL
Units 13-16 32 Dryden Road Loanhead EH20 9LZ
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00426/DPP
Erection of porch; formation of driveway and installation of EV Charger
16 Cuiken Terrace Penicuik EH26 0DX
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00427/DPP
Change of use from social club (sui generis) to public house (sui generis)
60 - 62 Kirkhill Road Penicuik EH26 8JF
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00429/DPP
Formation of driveway with associated alterations to garden levels
10 Stone Avenue Mayfield Dalkeith EH22 5PD
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00430/DPP
Erection of extension and porch
19 Hawthornden Gardens Bonnyrigg EH19 2BW
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00431/DPP
Change of use from car sales to car wash and valeting facility
Land At 32 to 36 Clerk Street Loanhead
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00433/DPP
Alterations to existing door opening
Newbattle Abbey College Newbattle Road Dalkeith EH22 3LL
Received 13 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00434/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
42 Lime Grove Mayfield Dalkeith EH22 5LQ
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00435/DPP
Alterations to existing boundary wall; extension of existing driveway
5 Robert Smith Place Dalkeith EH22 1JF
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00436/WTT
Pruning of trees within Howgate Conservation Area
Land 25M North West of 14 Howgate Penicuik
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00437/DPP
Change of use from General Industry (Class 5) to Assembly and Leisure (Class 11)
8A Edgefield Industrial Estate Loanhead EH20 9TB
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00438/MSC
Approval of matters specified in conditions 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 attached to planning permission 17/00650/S42 (relating to residential development and associated infrastructure, SUDS basin, open space and landscaping)
Pod P Land Bounded By A720 Old Dalkeith Road and The Wisp Millerhill Dalkeith
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00441/ADV
Display of non-illuminated signage
Land At Greenlaw Mains Mauricewood Road Penicuik
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00442/LBC
Installation of EV charger
39 Main Street Pathhead EH37 5PZ
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00443/DPP
Installation of EV charger
39 Main Street Pathhead EH37 5PZ
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00444/DPP
Retrospective erection of poly tunnel
Land adjacent to No 45 Hughes Crescent Mayfield Dalkeith
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00445/DPP
Erection of garden room
29 Park Road Dalkeith EH22 3DH
Received 25 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00446/DPP
Erection of garden room
47 Dalhousie Road Dalkeith EH22 3AW
Received 25 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00447/WTT
Pruning of tree. Within Eskbank & Ironmills conservation area
7A Waverley Road Dalkeith EH22 3DG
Received 25 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00448/DPP
Erection of boundary fence
Church Hall 19 Polton Road Lasswade
Received 25 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00449/CL
Extension to dwellinghouse and alterations to garage doors to form window openings. (proposed)
9 Kingsfield Drive Newtongrange EH22 4FN
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00450/DPP
Installation of solar panels
155 Newbattle Abbey Crescent Dalkeith EH22 3LR
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00451/WTT
Felling of trees within Eskbank and Ironmills conservation area
43 Eskbank Road Dalkeith EH22 3BH
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00454/MSC
Approval of matters specified in conditions 2 and 3 of planning permission 02/00660/OUT(relating to amendments to 17/00858/MSC and 20/00444/MSC, comprising substitution of housetypes and amendment to Character/Material Zones)
Millerhill Development Phase 2 Land to South East of Old Craighall Road Millerhill Dalkeith
Received 27 Aug 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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