Morningside planning approval rate
Morningside ward in City of Edinburgh has a 89.3% approval rate based on 1,868 planning decisions. City of Edinburgh overall: 89.8%.
Last updated: May 2026
89.3%
ward approval rate
1,868
Decisions
1,668
Approved
200
Refused
89.8%
City of Edinburgh average
Morningside is broadly in line with the City of Edinburgh average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Morningside compares
Morningside ward
89.3%
City of Edinburgh overall
89.8%
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Recent decisions in Morningside
26/00335/WINPA
Replacement of existing badly rotted single glazed, timberframed sliding sash an · Tue 10 Mar 2026
26/00886/WINPA
Existing softwood windows to be replaced with UPVC windows. · Mon 09 Mar 2026
26/00775/WINPA
Replacement of existing skylight which is deteriorating badly. · Wed 04 Mar 2026
26/00829/CLP
Take down section of front boundary wall and create dedicated and unrestricted d · Mon 02 Mar 2026
26/00610/WINPA
Replace existing single glazed sash and case windows withnew hardwood timber dou · Wed 18 Feb 2026
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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%)
Almond (91.3%)
Almond (Pre May 2017) (94.6%)
Corstorphine/Murrayfield (92.8%)