Planning application
40 Queen Margaret Close Fairmilehead Edinburgh EH10 7EE
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed extension.
As published by the council, reference 26/00224/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00224/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed)
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 21 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 11 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Colinton/Fairmilehead
- Parish
- Fairmilehead
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH10 7EE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jan 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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11 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 April 2026, 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
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with City of Edinburgh for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year City of Edinburgh decided lawful development applications in a median of 45 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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