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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727 approved · 74 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/00507/PNAG
Erection of agricultural building
Springfield Farm Springfield Road Penicuik EH26 8PR
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00508/LBC
Fixing of obscured window film on windows
39A Fountain Place Loanhead EH20 9DT
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00509/DPP
Erection of dwellinghouse, outbuilding and associated works
Land Adjoining Meyerling Penicuik
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00510/WTT
Felling and pruning of trees protected by TPO 3 of 2000
Gardeners Cottage Mauricewood Penicuik EH26 0NH
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00511/DPP
Installation of solar panels and battery storage units, external wall insulation, replacement rain water goods and external grills
6 Farmers Buildings Pathhead EH37 5PU
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00512/DPP
Formation of balcony
5 Eskbank Road Dalkeith EH22 1HD
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00513/LBC
Formation of balcony
5 Eskbank Road Dalkeith EH22 1HD
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00515/CL
Installation of solar panels and battery storage units, external wall insulation, replacement rain water goods and external grills (Proposed)
83, 85, 85A and 85B Main Street Pathhead EH37 5PT
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00516/MSC
Approval of matters specified in conditions 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32, 37 attached to planning permission 22/00027/PPP
Land to South of Mayfield and East of Newtongrange Crawlees Road Gowkshill Gorebridge
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00517/LBC
Erection of gate
14 Park Road Dalkeith EH22 3DF
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00518/DPP
Extensions to dwellinghouse
13 Blenheim Court Penicuik EH26 0LW
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00519/DPP
Formation of car parking and associated works
Land adjacent to 103 Lothian Street Bonnyrigg
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00520/DPP
Erection of 3 dwellinghouses and associated works
Land to The North of Polton Bank Terrace Lasswade
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00521/DPP
Formation of A701 relief road and A702 link road, construction of 2 roundabouts, alteration to existing roundabout, formation of drainage infrastructure including SUDS basins, and associated works (this application is accompanied by an environmental impact assessment report submitted under the terms of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017)
Land between The A701 and A702
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00522/DPP
Installation of replacement windows and door
48 Main Street Pathhead EH37 5QB
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00524/DPP
Erection of 3 dwellinghouses and associated works
Land adjacent to 16 Belwood Road Milton Bridge Penicuik
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00526/DPP
Installation of replacement windows and doors
3 Lower Valleyfield View Penicuik EH26 8NT
Received 3 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00529/DPP
Extension to dwellinghouse
18 Golf Course Road Bonnyrigg EH19 2EZ
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00530/DPP
Demolition of dwellinghouse and outbuildings and erection of 15 flatted dwellings
Land At The Corner of London Road and Lothian Street Dalkeith
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00532/DPP
Erection of porch, extension and installation of window opening to flatted property
20 Polton Gardens Lasswade EH18 1BL
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00533/DPP
Installation of solar array
Glencorse House Penicuik EH26 0NZ
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00535/DPP
Extensions to dwellinghouse, alterations to existing roof, erection of retaining wall and associated works
Annfield Cottage Loanstone Penicuik EH26 8PH
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00536/DPP
Erection of fence
1 St Ann's Avenue Polton Bonnyrigg EH18 1DT
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00538/CL
Extension to dwellinghouse (proposed)
21 Hawthornden Avenue Bonnyrigg EH19 2JP
Received 8 Oct 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.
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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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