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Newhailes Stables Newhailes Road Musselburgh East Lothian EH21 6RY

26/00509/PPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 October 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Alterations to building and change of use of storage building to cafe seating area (Class 3) and events (class 10) and associated works

Received
15 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Musselburgh
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Aug
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Newhailes Stables Newhailes Road Musselburgh East Lothian EH21 6RY. East Lothian has handled 2,383 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than East Lothian's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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 6RY
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Musselburgh & Inveresk Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2026
Consultation expiry
11 September 2026
Consultation start
11 August 2026
Consultation end
25 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end
2 September 2026
Last date for comments
11 September 2026
Target decision date
11 August 2026
Decision published
16 October 2026
Permission expires
12 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Per Douglas Walker 16 Melville Street Edinburgh Midlothian EH3 7NS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 August 2026
Advertisement expiry
11 September 2026
Site notice start
21 August 2026
Site notice end
11 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Lothian

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