Dunbar planning approval rate
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
Last updated: October 2026
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ward approval rate
145
Decisions
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Approved
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Refused
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East Lothian average
PlanningLens is currently withholding approval rates for East Lothian, so no ward comparison is published for Dunbar. Decision volumes are still shown.
How Dunbar compares
Dunbar ward
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East Lothian overall
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Planning in East Lothian? Check your postcode to see approval rates specific to your ward and street.
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Recent decisions in Dunbar
Each reference links to the record on the council’s planning portal.
Replacement doors
Alterations to building
Replacement door and sidelight
Replacement windows and doors
Replacement doors and windows
What gets approved near your property?
The PlanningLens property report runs to 17 pages on your address:
✓ Ward-level approval rates for your exact area
✓ Common refusal reasons in East Lothian
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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✓ Common refusal reasons in East Lothian
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Free. Based on 613 decisions.