Tag: submissions

Planning and Buildings Standards Systems Upgrade – 24-26 September 2025

An upgrade of the Planning and Buildings Standards portal is planned between 1pm Wednesday 24 and Friday 26 September.

The public will not be able to view or comment on planning applications during this time. Planning applications that are open for comment during the upgrade will have three additional days added.

The upgrade will allow for improvements to the mapping function and a number of improvements to help process applications as quickly and efficiently as we can.

Planning and Building Warrant applications can continue to be made online through eDevelopment.

The weekly list of planning applications will be issued as normal and the weekly planning advert in the Edinburgh Evening News will appear as normal on the Friday.

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Changes to Planning Fees – 9 June 2025

Aerial View west across the Georgian splendour of Edinburgh New Town, with the line of Princes Street (left of centre), George Street (centre) and Queen Street (right) running parallel.

This week, Planning fees increased nationally. To reflect these changes, we have updated our Fees Charter.

All planning applications received from 9 June 2025 onwards will be charged the new fees.

Fees are also being introducing for local reviews and appeals against planning decisions.  All local reviews and DPEA appeals received from 9 June 2025 onwards will be subject to a fee.  

Planning fees are set by the Scottish Government. The relevant legislation is The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 which came in to effect 12 December 2024 and The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 which came in to effect 9 June 2025.

These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2022.

Local Review fees are also set by The Scottish Government. The relevant legislation is The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Local Reviews) (Scotland) Regulations 2025.

An application for a local review is not valid until the full required fee has been paid. Appellants must ensure the application for review AND the correct fee is submitted WITHIN three months from the planning application Decision Notice, otherwise the appellant will forfeit their right to appeal. Appellants are advised to submit their application for local review well within the three month time period to allow for checking of the validity of their review, including the fee.

Further guidance is available in Scottish Government Planning Circulars 2/2025 and 3/2025.

Please refer to planning validation guidelines for information about what to include as part of your submission.