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Forth planning approval rate

Forth ward in City of Edinburgh has a 89.4% approval rate based on 996 planning decisions. City of Edinburgh overall: 89.8%.

Last updated: May 2026

89.4%
ward approval rate
996
Decisions
890
Approved
106
Refused
89.8%
City of Edinburgh average

Forth is broadly in line with the City of Edinburgh average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.

How Forth compares

Forth ward (996 decided)
89.4%
City of Edinburgh overall (50,718 decided)
89.8%
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Recent decisions in Forth

26/00786/FUL
Single storey rear extension to existing dwellinghouse. · Fri 06 Mar 2026
Approved
26/00720/FUL
Conversion of garage and alteration of frontage. · Thu 26 Feb 2026
Approved
26/00620/LBC
Convert existing window to new door for garden access. · Wed 18 Feb 2026
Approved
26/00575/FUL
New fire escape doors, new glazed doors and roller shutters. · Tue 17 Feb 2026
Approved
26/00095/WINPA
To replace existing sash & case timber windows with uPVC sash & case windows. Th · Fri 13 Feb 2026
Approved

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Other wards in City of Edinburgh

City Centre (80.0%) 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%)
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