City Centre planning approval rate
City Centre ward in City of Edinburgh has a 80.0% approval rate based on 6,090 planning decisions. City of Edinburgh overall: 89.8%.
Last updated: May 2026
80.0%
ward approval rate
6,090
Decisions
4,870
Approved
1,220
Refused
89.8%
City of Edinburgh average
City Centre is 9.8 percentage points below the City of Edinburgh average, placing it among the stricter wards in City of Edinburgh. Checking what gets approved nearby before applying is particularly important here.
How City Centre compares
City Centre ward
80.0%
City of Edinburgh overall
89.8%
Planning in City of Edinburgh? Check your postcode to see approval rates specific to your ward and street.
Recent decisions in City Centre
26/00929/LBC
Internal alterations and improvements to facilitate change of use from class 4 ( · Mon 09 Mar 2026
26/00925/LBC
Replace an existing, non-original double leaf entrance door, with a single leaf · Mon 09 Mar 2026
26/00676/LBC
Proposed reinstatement of original doorway, previously removed in 1982. · Fri 06 Mar 2026
26/00883/FUL
Single storey rear extension to a mid terrace dwelling with minor internal alter · Thu 05 Mar 2026
26/00765/LBC
Internal works including relocation of kitchen facilities to dining room (in ret · Thu 26 Feb 2026
What gets approved near your property?
In City of Edinburgh, 1 in 10 applications are refused. Your PlanningLens Full Planning Analysis gives you 17 pages of intelligence specific to your property:
✓ Ward-level approval rates for your exact area
✓ Common refusal reasons in City of Edinburgh
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Free planning check for City of Edinburgh →
✓ Common refusal reasons in City of Edinburgh
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Free. Based on 50,718 decisions.
Other wards in City of Edinburgh
City Centre (Pre May 2017) (92.1%)
Southside/Newington (85.7%)
Inverleith (86.8%)
Southside/Newington (Pre May 2017) (93.9%)
Inverleith (Pre May 2017) (94.0%)
No Ward Number (98.3%)
Meadows/Morningside (Pre May 2017) (93.5%)
Morningside (89.3%)
Almond (91.3%)
Almond (Pre May 2017) (94.6%)
Corstorphine/Murrayfield (92.8%)