City Centre planning approval rate
City Centre ward in City of Edinburgh has a 79.5% approval rate based on 522 planning decisions. City of Edinburgh overall: 89.5%.
Last updated: April 2026
79.5%
ward approval rate
522
Decisions
415
Approved
107
Refused
89.5%
City of Edinburgh average
City Centre is 10.0 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
79.5%
City of Edinburgh overall
89.5%
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Recent decisions in City Centre
26/00531/LBC
Internal reconfiguration: replacement of single glazing with slimline double gla · Thu 12 Feb 2026
26/00003/LBC
Opening formed between entrance area and adjoining stairwell. Existing door and · Mon 05 Jan 2026
25/06227/LBC
Internal and external alterations, including roof and rear extension, to form pa · Wed 26 Nov 2025
25/06100/LBC
Replacement of existing timber sash windows with new windows containing pre-inst · Wed 19 Nov 2025
25/06034/FUL
Planning permission for frontage alterations and extension of rear flue and repl · Mon 17 Nov 2025
What gets approved near your property?
In City of Edinburgh, 1 in 10 applications are refused. Your PlanningLens Pro Report 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
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✓ Common refusal reasons in City of Edinburgh
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 4,266 decisions.
Other wards in City of Edinburgh
City Centre (Pre May 2017) (95.3%)
Meadows/Morningside (Pre May 2017) (94.9%)
Inverleith (86.4%)
Southside/Newington (84.7%)
Southside/Newington (Pre May 2017) (95.9%)
Inverleith (Pre May 2017) (90.5%)
No Ward Number (99.3%)
Morningside (90.4%)
Almond (92.5%)
Colinton/Fairmilehead (Pre May 2017) (96.5%)
Almond (Pre May 2017) (97.3%)