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5 Harrison Road Edinburgh EH11 1EG

Awaiting decision City of Edinburgh 26/03494/CLE Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)

Works: Trees

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Proposal

The land behind 5 Harrison Road has been in use as my garden since 1984 when I developed it (i.e. from when I purchased the house). It is a fenced-in plot of land similar to all other garden plots in the street. It contains mature plants, trees and lawn. There are no structures (except the fencing) on the land. I understand that the garden appears on the council mapping since that time.

As published by the council, reference 26/03494/CLE

Application record

Reference
26/03494/CLE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Status
Awaiting Assessment
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
Parish
Merchiston
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH11 1EG

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 4 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 23 October 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 43 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

12 documents on file for this application

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What 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 49 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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