National Customer and Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey

You’re invited to share feedback on your recent experience with Edinburgh as a planning authority.

The National Customer and Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey is live from Monday 18 November for 3 weeks. It is being undertaken by the National Planning Improvement Team in the Improvement Service.

You can find the survey here.

The survey is intended to be filled out by all users of planning authorities in Scotland to collect your views on the service you have received.

This is your opportunity to say what is working and where improvements could be made.

It should only take a few moments of your time, it is completely anonymous, and all your responses help planning authorities improve their offer to you.

The National Planning Improvement Team will publish the results of the survey at the beginning of 2025 and each planning authority will be provided with a breakdown for their area.

The Survey will be an annual survey undertaken by the National Planning Improvement Team in the Improvement Service. This survey is intended to be filled out by all users of the Planning Authorities in Scotland to collect views on the service received.

This is your opportunity to say what is working and where improvements can be made in Planning at the City of Edinburgh Council.

Updated Planning and Enforcement Charters

View of Edinburgh looking West towards the castle from Calton Hill. Cranes tower above New Town &  the Dugald Stewart Monument sits in the foreground.

We recently updated two of our customer service charters. These refreshed charters set out the service we aim to provide and what happens at different stages of the planning process.

The Planning Customer Service Charter

The Planning Enforcement Charter

The charters set out more specific standards linked to our three main responsibilities which are

  • planning policy
  • development management
  • planning enforcement

The charters provide details of how to contact us and report planning breaches.

We also have a wide range of guidance on our website at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/planning including for

If you still have a question, get in touch!

planning@edinburgh.gov.uk

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