Every new build site in Edinburgh and the Lothians

The seven stages

Building nowUnder construction in the audit

Work has started on site. The council's audit or the planning register records it as under construction.

Approved, not startedConsented in the audit

Planning permission has been granted and work has not started. The largest group on the map.

Minded to grant

The council's committee has resolved to approve, and the permission is waiting on a legal agreement, usually for infrastructure or affordable housing, before it is issued.

Application in progressApplication pending in the audit

A planning application has been submitted and not yet decided.

Approved but held upConstrained in the audit

The council's audit records something stopping the site coming forward as expected: ownership, funding, infrastructure, ground conditions or the market. Where the audit gives the reason, the site's page carries it.

In the plan, no consentAllocated in the audit

Allocated for housing in the council's local development plan, with no planning application decided. Drawn as a ring, and unticked when the map opens.

Just finishedCompleted in the audit

Built out, and recorded as complete in the most recent audit. Unticked when the map opens, and kept so a scheme that finished this year does not vanish from the record.

How solid each record is

High confidence

The council's current housing land audit lists the site. Units, status and position come from the council's own schedule.

Medium confidence

A recent consent or an announced scheme not yet in an audit: from the planning register, or from the developer or the press, placed from its address or postcode.

Low confidence

An older consent the current audit has dropped, or a scheme whose pin is only approximate. Drawn faintly, and unticked when the map opens.

What the totals count

The totals count each home once. A site the council's audit already holds under another name, or one announced by a developer and not yet in any council schedule, is drawn on the map and left out of the totals.

A dashed ring on the map means the pin is approximate: placed on the postcode area or the town centre rather than the site boundary. Each site’s page says how it was placed.