Planning application
The Gatehouse Edinburgh Zoo 134 Corstorphine Road Edinburgh EH12 6TS
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construction of a proposed new koala enclosure and associated external works.
As published by the council, reference 25/05756/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/05756/FUL
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 30 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 30 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Corstorphine/Murrayfield
- Parish
- Corstorphine + Clermiston
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH12 6TS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Oct 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 December 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
City of Edinburgh took a median of 41 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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