We are currently updating some of our planning guidance documents and would like to hear your views on the new draft versions.
We are hosting a drop in event if any want wants to come along and speak to the team.
Come along between 1-4:30pm on Monday 3 February at The City Art Centre (2 Market St, Edinburgh EH1 1DE)
We will be there to answer questions and discuss any aspects of the draft guidance.
The online consultation is now open here until 3 April 2025.
As part of our efforts to update the Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas planning guidance, the City of Edinburgh Council is collaborating with the University of Edinburgh to understand how the guidance can be improved to be more practical and accessible.
The University’s project, Giving Voice to Historic Property Owners, is now recruiting focus group and workshop participants. The project is specifically looking for owner–occupiers (you own the home you are living in) of listed buildings and properties in a conservation area in Edinburgh.
You can check here to see if your property is listed or in a conservation area.
Focus group participants will receive a £10 e-gift card and in-person workshops will end with a catered lunch.
Learn more and sign up on the project information page.
City Plan 2030 is continuing its journey towards adoption.
We received the Report of Examination in April 2024 and this is available on the DPEA’s website. The Scottish Government Reporter makes recommendations for modifications, but City Plan 2030 is substantially unchanged in terms of strategy, land allocations, the resultant land supply and policies.
The next step is for City Plan 2030 to be presented to Planning Committee on 19 June to accept the Reporter’s recommendations and to endorse the modified City Plan 2030 as our Local Development Plan.
The Planning Committee papers are available online and you can also watch a live webcast of the meeting.
After Planning Committee, City Plan 2030 will be presented to Full Council on 27 June and if Council is resolved to adopt the plan, it will then be submitted to Scottish Ministers.
Keep up to date on City Plan 2030 progress:
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
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!
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The National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) was approved by the Scottish Parliament on 11 January 2023. It is expected that it will be adopted on 13 February 2023 at 9am.
Once adopted, NPF4 will become part of the Council’s development plan and – unless material considerations indicate otherwise – decisions on planning applications will need to be made in accordance with both:
When NPF4 is adopted, the section of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 that sets out what happens when there is ‘any incompatibility’ between parts of a development plan will also come into force.
This is likely to mean that some Local Development Plan policies will no longer be used to the same extent.
A report to Planning Committee (PDF) on 18 January 2023 explains this in more detail and provides a list containing:
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