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Land East Of Dunbar Garden Centre Spott Road Dunbar

26/00238/PMPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 October 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee24 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of retail development (Class 1A), consisting of 3 retail stores, garden centre, parking and associated works

Received
4 March 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Dunbar
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 229 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land East Of Dunbar Garden Centre Spott Road Dunbar. East Lothian has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 230 days, 25 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.

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
5 March 2026
Consultation expiry
3 April 2026
Consultation start
19 March 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
5 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
26 March 2026
Last date for comments
3 April 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026
Committee meeting
18 August 2026
Decision published
22 October 2026
Permission expires
19 October 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
13 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
3 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Lothian

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