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City of Edinburgh Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

City of Edinburgh Council decided more than 5,700 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 21% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 52 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on City of Edinburgh Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for City of Edinburgh Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from City of Edinburgh Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 5,700
Share refusedof those approved or refused 21%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 52 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 1,000
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 18%about one in five
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2023
Local Plan policies held 44plan adopted 2024

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.