Leith Walk planning approval rate
Leith Walk ward in City of Edinburgh has a 73.9% approval rate based on 1,059 planning decisions. City of Edinburgh overall: 89.8%.
Last updated: May 2026
73.9%
ward approval rate
1,059
Decisions
783
Approved
276
Refused
89.8%
City of Edinburgh average
Leith Walk is 15.9 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 Leith Walk compares
Leith Walk ward
73.9%
City of Edinburgh overall
89.8%
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Recent decisions in Leith Walk
26/00962/LBC
New windows to the front facade of the mews building, together with timber priva · Wed 11 Mar 2026
26/00709/PNT
Removal of 3 No. existing antennas and ancillary apparatus and replacement with · Tue 24 Feb 2026
26/00515/CLP
This request is for the installation of new front and rear doors to the property · Thu 12 Feb 2026
26/00456/WINPA
Proposal to replace existing whiter aluminium sash and case windows with new whi · Wed 11 Feb 2026
26/00474/FUL
Extended adjacent dormers on 29 & 30 Waverley Place. · Tue 10 Feb 2026
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✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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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%)