City of Edinburgh vs Barnet, planning approval compared

How do planning outcomes differ between City of Edinburgh and Barnet? A side-by-side comparison based on 83,991 combined decisions.

Last updated: September 2026

City of Edinburgh: –

37,026 decisions · – approved · – refused · 38 wards

Barnet: 79.6%

46,965 decisions · 37,375 approved · 9,590 refused · 66 wards

Overall approval rates

City of Edinburgh (37,026 decided)

–

Barnet (46,965 decided)

79.6%

By application type

Full, Barnet (13,884 decided)

84.7%

Other, City of Edinburgh (63,954 decided)

–

Other, Barnet (37,675 decided)

84.1%

Prior Approval, Barnet (4,292 decided)

50.2%

What the numbers mean

PlanningLens is currently withholding the headline approval rate for at least one of these councils on data-quality grounds, so no approval-rate comparison is published here. Decision volumes are still shown.

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