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72 High Street Dunbar EH42 1JH

26/00452/PPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 August 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Repainting of shop front, installation of awning, CCTV and lighting (Part Retrospective)

Received
29 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dunbar
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 72 High Street Dunbar EH42 1JH. East Lothian has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 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. 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 1JH
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunbar Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2026
Consultation expiry
7 September 2026
Consultation start
15 June 2026
Consultation end
29 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
7 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2026
Last date for comments
7 September 2026
Target decision date
4 August 2026
Committee meeting
30 July 2026
Permission expires
7 August 2029

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 June 2026
Advertisement expiry
10 July 2026
Site notice start
19 June 2026
Site notice end
10 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Lothian

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