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18 St Margarets Road North Berwick East Lothian EH39 4PJ

25/01457/PPlanning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 20 February 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of fencing and gates for a temporary period of 1 year (Retrospective)

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Berwick Coastal
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 18 St Margarets Road North Berwick East Lothian EH39 4PJ. East Lothian has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than East Lothian's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 154 applications across North Berwick Coastal. We hold 1,031 applications in total for the EH39 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
EH39 4PJ
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Berwick Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
28 January 2026
Last date for comments
6 February 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026
Committee meeting
12 February 2026
Permission expires
20 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Per Sean Gaule 1A Brougham Place Edinburgh EH3 9HW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
6 February 2026
Site notice start
16 January 2026
Site notice end
6 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Lothian

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