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170 New Street Musselburgh EH21 6BZ

26/00111/PPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 October 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Alterations to building,, CCTV and roller shutters (Retrospective)

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Musselburgh
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 162 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 170 New Street Musselburgh EH21 6BZ. East Lothian has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 253 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 55 applications across Musselburgh. We hold 948 applications in total for the EH21 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
EH21 6BZ
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Musselburgh & Inveresk Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2026
Consultation expiry
22 May 2026
Consultation start
2 February 2026
Consultation end
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 October 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 May 2026
Last date for comments
22 May 2026
Target decision date
25 June 2026
Committee meeting
1 October 2026
Permission expires
8 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Per Scott Allan 36 Wallace Avenue Wallyford East Lothian EH21 8BZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    29 Jan

    Alterations to building,, CCTV and roller shutters (Retrospective)

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00111/P
  2. 2026
    29 Jan

    Display of advertisements (Retrospective)

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside26/00112/ADV

Source: East Lothian

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