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Most Common Planning Applications in East Lothian

Approval rate withheld for East Lothian. PlanningLens is temporarily withholding the headline approval rate for this council. The published record does not contain enough usable decision-date information to establish sufficiently complete and current coverage. This does not mean the previously shown percentage has been proved wrong. No official statistic is substituted in its place. Approval, refusal and rate figures are shown as – throughout this page. Decision volumes are unaffected and are still published. Why we withhold a rate
613 real decisions·6 project types·Updated October 2026

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All 6 project types, by number of decisions

TypeDecisions
Other extension183
Change of use (residential)57
Garage and parking51
Outbuilding50
Dormer32
New build22
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Methodology: Classifies 613 decisions in East Lothian into residential project types using keyword matching against proposal descriptions (matching generate_site_data.py subtype rules). A single application may appear in multiple categories. Data from East Lothian Council's public planning portal, all on record. Full methodology →
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