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17 West Port Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1BT

24/01311/PPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 April 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Alterations and change of use of former Veterinary Surgery (Class 1A) to Cafe (Class 3) and hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) and associated works

Received
28 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Dunbar
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 17 West Port Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1BT. East Lothian has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than East Lothian's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Dunbar. We hold 730 applications in total for the EH42 postcode area.

96% of full applications at East Lothian Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EH42 1BT
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunbar Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2024
Consultation expiry
21 February 2025
Consultation start
22 January 2025
Consultation end
5 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
11 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2025
Last date for comments
21 February 2025
Target decision date
3 February 2025
Committee meeting
3 April 2025
Permission expires
11 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Per Alan Hardie 5 Mitchell Street Dalkeith EH22 1JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 January 2025
Advertisement expiry
21 February 2025
Site notice start
31 January 2025
Site notice end
21 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Jun

    Section 42 application to vary Condition 2 of planning permission 24/01311/P

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/00693/P
  2. 2024
    28 Nov

    Alterations and change of use of former Veterinary Surgery (Class 1A) to Cafe (Class 3) and hot food takeaway…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/01311/P

Source: East Lothian

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