eDevelopment.scot

The Scottish Government's eDevelopment service enables users to submit Planning and Building applications and appeals online. Support desk is open Mon-Fri, 9-4.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

A slower week for online applications last week with just 5,033 submissions made online. While we saw drops in both planning and BStds submissions last week, it's still been a strong first 5 months for 2026 with more applications submitted than in the same period in 2025.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Despite the long weekend for many in Scotland, it was another busy week for the service with another 5.4k submissions made online. This continues our busy start to 2026.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Around 5.4k submissions were made online in Scotland last week equating to a 12.6% ⬆️ from the previous week and 1.3% ⬆️from the same week in 2025.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Another slower week for the eDevelopment service with 4.8k submissions made online - last week saw lower numbers of both planning and BStds submissions made compared to the previous week (-4.5%) and was just the 4th week with <5k submissions seen this year.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Last week saw a welcome return to the big weeks after the school holidays with around 5.5k submissions made online - this was +10.3% on the previous week and +16.7% from the same week in 2025.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

We're doing essential maintenance on the site atm - it will be back online shortly. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

We saw >5k submissions made online again through eDevelopment after a drop off the week before (+13% from last week). We do tend to see a drop-off around this time of year with Easter hol's and 2026 appears no different 😀

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

That's the site back up and running - thanks for your patience everyone :)

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

We're having some technical issues with the eDevelopment site this morning - all users will be affected. We apologise and are working on fixing the issue. We'll let you know when it's been fixed!

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Another decent week for submissions on eDevelopment with 5,557 made online in total via ePlanning and eBStds. That's also the 10th straight week with >5k submissions continuing a very strong start to the year.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Last week saw a reduction in submissions from the previous week with around 5.5k made online. That's still the 9th straight week of submission numbers >5k.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

The eDevelopment support desk will be closed for the day on Tuesday 24th March. Any queries received during this period will be picked up when the support desk reopens 09:00 on Wednesday 25th. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

6,031 online submissions made last week via eDevelopment - that's the biggest weekly total since March 2024 and an increase of over 13% compared to the same week last year.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Scratch last week's tweet - the online submission numbers just increased again this last week with 5,573. That's 7 consecutive weeks above 5k mark and the highest for 2026 so far.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Last week was the busiest week in 2026 so far for ppl making online planning and BStds submissions - we received 5,564 submissions last week alone which was around 6% more than in the same week last year.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

The eDevelopment service will be offline for around an hour this morning while we release an essential update. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

It was another big week for eBStds continuing a strong start to 2026. It was also 5 consecutive weeks of where total submissions through eDevelopment >5k - a feat only seen once before back in 2022.

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Another strong week for eDevelopment with 5,311 submissions made online between the 9th and 15th February 2026. That's a small increase from last week (+1.1%) and a slightly higher increase compared to the same week in 2025 (+2.4%)

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

Last week saw the 5th consecutive increase in submission numbers this year with 5,253 applications and appeals made online - there were increases in both Planning and BStds forms last week. 📈

[eDevelopment.scot @eDevelopmentSG]

We were having a few issues with address lookup on our site. Happy to report that the postcode search is now back up and running.