Planning application
1 Wester Melville Cottages Lasswade Road Edinburgh EH17 8SB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use of dwellinghouse as children care facility (Class 9)
As published by the council, reference 25/00494/CL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00494/CL
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant with conditions
- Received
- 16 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 22 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 14 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Midlothian West
- Parish
- Bonnyrigg and District Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH17 8SB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Sep 2025
Received by Midlothian
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22 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Grant with conditions
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
DAM Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Glasgow
Active · incorporated 2016 · Glasgow
27 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 93% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Midlothian granted permission on 14 November 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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