Pentland Hills planning approval rate
Pentland Hills ward in City of Edinburgh has a 89.5% approval rate based on 86 planning decisions. City of Edinburgh overall: 89.5%.
Last updated: April 2026
89.5%
ward approval rate
86
Decisions
77
Approved
9
Refused
89.5%
City of Edinburgh average
Pentland Hills is broadly in line with the City of Edinburgh average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Pentland Hills compares
Pentland Hills ward
89.5%
City of Edinburgh overall
89.5%
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Recent decisions in Pentland Hills
26/00471/FUL
Erection of extension to side and partial garage conversion to form study. · Mon 09 Feb 2026
26/00394/FUL
Alterations and extension to house to form open plan living/kitchen/dining room · Tue 03 Feb 2026
26/00125/FUL
Extension to house. · Tue 13 Jan 2026
26/00036/CLP
New garden room / store. · Tue 06 Jan 2026
25/05061/LBC
Insert one Fakro conservation roof window in between existing rafters, flush wit · Tue 23 Sep 2025
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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 (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%)