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Polwarth Parish Church 38 Polwarth Terrace Polwarth Edinburgh EH11 1LU

25/05238/PNTPrior Notification-TelecommunicationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 22 October 2025

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The proposed upgrade of an existing telecommunications base station comprising the removal of 4 no antennas, internal upgrade of existing equipment room together with ancillary development thereto.

Received
1 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Morningside
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target26 Nov
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 21 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Polwarth Parish Church 38 Polwarth Terrace Polwarth Edinburgh EH11 1LU. Edinburgh has handled 143 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 3 weeks quicker than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 126 applications across Morningside. We hold 212 applications in total for the EH11 postcode area.

100% of telecoms applications at City of Edinburgh Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EH11 1LU
Application type
Prior Notification-Telecommunication
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Merchiston

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2025
Last date for comments
22 October 2025
Target decision date
26 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: James Hitchco 2 Broughton Way Widnes Cheshire WA8 8YX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Edinburgh

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