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16 Summerfield Road Dunbar EH42 1DS

26/00315/PPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Part change of use of house to child minding business (class 10) with associated parking

Received
26 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dunbar
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 16 Summerfield Road Dunbar EH42 1DS. East Lothian has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker 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. 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 1DS
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunbar Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Consultation start
1 April 2026
Consultation end
15 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2026
Last date for comments
22 April 2026
Target decision date
26 May 2026
Decision published
30 April 2026
Permission expires
23 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Per Gary Fairbairn Dalmatian House Spott Road Dunbar EH42 1LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Lothian

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