Proposed Energy Centre 350 Metres South Of East Lodge 100 The Wisp Edinburgh Data via plota.co.uk

25/04472/FUL - Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Erection of Energy Centre, including access, external plant, district heating network pipework, landscaping and all other associated works (as amended) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Aug 2025
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Approved
23 Jan 2026

Approved on 23 Jan 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Edinburgh Development Management Sub-Committee on 21 Jan 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the proposal accords with the Development Plan and no compelling reasons against it were identified.
  • Objections raised concerns about documentation, design, air quality, residential amenity and traffic flows.
  • The committee voted on a division to grant permission subject to the stated conditions, reasons and informatives.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, consultation responses and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Edinburgh's committee minutes of 21 Jan 2026.

Documents 143

Consultation & comments 106

PDF COMBINED CONSULTATION RESPONSES Consultation · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 29 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 29 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE Objection Comment · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR COMMENT 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All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment. Nearest recorded mine shaft: 19 m away (reference 330669-012). 2 recorded mine entries within 50 m.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Registered park or garden 217 m away: The Drum.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Edinburgh
Application type
Planning Permission
Received
29 Aug 2025
Validated
29 Aug 2025
Ward
Portobello/Craigmillar
Parish
Craigmillar (Inactive)
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Oct 2025
Decision
Granted
Decision date
23 Jan 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
MRT Architects.

How this decision compares

Decided in 147 days from validation, 87 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 79% of full applications here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
8%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →

Public comments

53comments received
52 objecting1 supporting

98% object · above the UK average of 74%

53 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
6 Oct 2025
Committee
21 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No