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Drum Brae/Gyle planning approval rate

Drum Brae/Gyle ward in City of Edinburgh has a 94.6% approval rate based on 56 planning decisions. City of Edinburgh overall: 89.5%.

Last updated: April 2026

94.6%
ward approval rate
56
Decisions
53
Approved
3
Refused
89.5%
City of Edinburgh average

Drum Brae/Gyle is 5.1 percentage points above the City of Edinburgh average, making it one of the more permissive wards in this council area. Applications here have historically faced lower refusal rates.

How Drum Brae/Gyle compares

Drum Brae/Gyle ward (56 decided)
94.6%
City of Edinburgh overall (4,266 decided)
89.5%
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Recent decisions in Drum Brae/Gyle

25/06612/FUL
Extension to house. · Thu 18 Dec 2025
Approved
25/06174/FUL
Erect a new garage at the gable of an end terraced house. · Mon 24 Nov 2025
Approved
25/01774/FUL
Business class use on the ground floor (Class 2 / 3 or 4) and 11 residential apa · Thu 03 Apr 2025
Approved
25/01591/FUL
Detatched dwelling (as amended). · Wed 26 Mar 2025
Approved

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Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 4,266 decisions.

Other wards in City of Edinburgh

City Centre (79.5%) 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%)
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