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Land To East Of McDonald's Restaurant Spott Road Dunbar East Lothian

25/00946/PPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 May 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions

Proposal

Erection of coffee shop (class 3), with outdoor seating area, drive thru facilities and associated works

Received
29 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dunbar
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 231 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land To East Of McDonald's Restaurant Spott Road Dunbar East Lothian. East Lothian has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 249 days, 28 weeks longer than East Lothian's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Dunbar.

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

Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunbar Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2025
Consultation expiry
17 October 2025
Consultation start
18 September 2025
Consultation end
2 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
19 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 October 2025
Last date for comments
17 October 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025
Permission expires
5 May 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Per Alex Mitchell Clyde Office 2nd Floor 48 West George Street Glasgow G2 1BP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 September 2025
Advertisement expiry
17 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Lothian

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