Musselburgh 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: September 2026
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ward approval rate
95
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 Musselburgh. Decision volumes are still shown.
How Musselburgh compares
Musselburgh ward
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East Lothian overall
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Recent decisions in Musselburgh
Alterations to former public house to form business use (class 4)
Replacement windows
Alterations, extensions to house, formation of raised decked area
Internal alterations (Retrospective)
Alterations to building
What gets approved near your property?
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✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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