CityScope · Planning Updates
Application 25/04147/CLP
Mansion House Edinburgh Zoo 134 Corstorphine Road Murrayfield Edinburgh EH12 6TS
Winter lantern trail: steel-framed, silk-covered light sculptures line a 1 km lower-zoo loop with food stops, operating 14 Nov 202522 Feb 2026. .
The record
- Reference
- 25/04147/CLP
- Address
- Mansion House Edinburgh Zoo 134 Corstorphine Road Murrayfield Edinburgh EH12 6TS
- Status
- Application Granted
- Category
- External Lighting & Fixtures
- Impact scale
- 4/10
- Authority
- Local authority
Timeline
- Received
- Validated
- Last scraped
- Record created
Additional application data
- Latitude
- 55.945895
- Longitude
- -3.2690379
What is proposed
Plain-language summary
Winter lantern trail: steel-framed, silk-covered light sculptures line a 1 km lower-zoo loop with food stops, operating 14 Nov 202522 Feb 2026. .
As filed with the council
Permission is being sought for an event to be hosted within the grounds of Edinburgh Zoo called 'Edinburgh Zoo's Giant Lanterns', which will be in-situ over winter from 14 November 2025 - 22 February 2026. This is a lights trail event with lantern structures of varying size made from steel with painted silks covering lights within. The structures are situated along a 1km route of the lower zoo to form a route guests walk round, with stops for catering opportunities.