Planning Permission
Scotland.
Search planning applications across Scotland
Looking for planning permission, previous applications or development activity in Scotland?
Planning Scan lets you search an address and explore the current and previous planning applications associated with a property and surrounding area.
See planning applications, approvals, refusals and other planning activity in seconds using government planning data.
Run a planning check
Analyses planning history, approval rates, refusals and nearby developments UK-wide via UK PlanIt’s 400+ council portals. Statutory constraint checks (flood, listed, conservation, green belt, Article 4, TPO…) are England only, from the government platform.
Your project:
Filtered to your project type
SummaryCombined?The headline read across everything: constraints at this site, how the council treats applications in this area, plus your project type if selected.
Constraint checksThis site?Statutory designations at this exact address (flood zone, listed building, conservation area, green belt…). They apply to the property itself, whatever you build.
Application historyThis area?Every planning application near this address, of all types — use it to judge how the council behaves generally. Your specific project type is broken out at the top.
How this is calculated & caveats
Planning history — in depthThis area?A deeper breakdown of all nearby applications: decisions by year, application types, conditions, appeals and withdrawals. Click a year or type to drill in.
Decisions by year — click a year to see its applications
Application types — click to filter
Conditions activity
Appeals & withdrawals
Applications nearest this address
Live applications — awaiting decisionThis area?Applications nearby that are submitted but not yet decided, of all types. Neighbours can usually still comment; for the trades these are jobs about to start.
In-flight applications nearby.
Refused applications — what didn’t get throughThis area?Refusals found nearby, including ones uncovered from resubmission records. Refusals are the strongest predictor of what a council will reject.
Major developments in the areaThis area?Large-scale schemes nearby with their distance from this address. Worth knowing before buying, designing or investing.
Large-scale proposals detected nearby.
Check Planning Applications in Scotland
Instead of searching through individual council planning portals, use Planning Scan to investigate planning activity around an address.
You can explore:
- Current planning applications
- Previous planning applications
- Approved applications
- Refused applications
- Planning decisions
- Applications on nearby properties
- Extensions and loft conversions
- New dwellings
- Change of use
- Demolitions
- Solar and renewable energy projects
Search Planning History by Address
Want to know what has been planned for a property before?
Enter an address to investigate its planning history and see what applications have been submitted previously.
Previous applications can reveal what homeowners, developers and businesses have already tried to do with a property — including applications that were approved, refused or withdrawn.
Search your property and explore its planning history.
See Planning Applications Near You
Planning activity doesn’t stop at your own property.
Look at planning applications around your street and surrounding area to discover what is currently being proposed and what has happened previously.
This can help you spot:
- New developments
- Extensions
- Loft conversions
- New houses
- Changes of use
- Demolition
- Solar installations
- Larger developments nearby
See what has been proposed, when applications were submitted and how previous applications were decided.
Current Planning Applications in Scotland
We can help you keep track of planning activity happening around properties in Scotland.
Whether you’re interested in your own street, a property you’re considering buying or development happening nearby, search an address to see available planning applications and planning history.
Find current and previous planning applications near you.
Planning Decisions and Refusals
A planning application doesn’t always get approved.
Looking at previous decisions can provide useful context when researching a property or development.
Explore applications that have been:
- Approved
- Refused
- Withdrawn
- Decided
- Still being considered
Previous decisions don’t guarantee the outcome of a future application, but they can help you understand the planning activity around a property.
Planning Applications Across Scotland
Planning applications are submitted and decided locally, so planning activity can vary significantly between different areas of Scotland.
Planning Scan brings available planning data together so you can search by property and investigate planning activity without having to manually search multiple sources.
Whether you’re looking at a house in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee or elsewhere in Scotland, start with the address.
Check a Property Before You Buy
Planning history can be particularly useful when researching a property you’re thinking about buying.
Find out what has previously been proposed, what was approved or refused and what development is happening nearby.
You can investigate the planning picture before making a decision about a property.
Search a property in Scotland.
Search Planning Data for Your Property
Whether you’re a homeowner, property buyer, developer or simply interested in what’s happening nearby, Planning Scan makes it easier to explore planning activity around a property.
Enter an address and see current and previous planning applications in seconds.