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Land At Former Filling Station Biggar Road Hillend

Awaiting decision Midlothian 26/00175/DPP Detailed Planning Permission

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Siting of shipping container to form café (Class 3); formation of retaining wall and carparking; and associated works (part-retrospective)

As published by the council, reference 26/00175/DPP

Application record

Reference
26/00175/DPP
Type
Detailed Planning Permission
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
25 Mar 2026
Validated
8 Apr 2026
Ward
Midlothian West
Parish
Damhead Community Council

Site history

Applications at this address on the Midlothian register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 24/00439/DPP Granted

    Land At Former Filling Station Biggar Road Hillend

    Change of use with the associated erection of car wash, three canopies and car park; sitting of three containers

    Decided 23 May 2025 Full applications
  • 21/00148/DPP Refused

    Land At Former Filling Station Biggar Road Hillend

    Erection of 9 dwellinghouses; formation of car parking and associated works

    Decided 6 Aug 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Mar 2026

    Received by Midlothian

  2. 8 Apr 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 3 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Midlothian took a median of 59 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Planning Services UK Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Colchester

Dissolved · incorporated 2002 · Colchester

26 applications on PlanIndex · across 14 councils · 47% granted

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Documents

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

23 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Midlothian for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Midlothian decided full applications in a median of 67 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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