4 Forres Street Edinburgh EH3 6BJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
1 Buddleia, fell to ground level and remove from site. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 20 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 3
Show all 28 with distances
- 2 m7 Forres Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 22 m45 Moray Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 31 m10 Albyn Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 42 m8 Forres Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 48 m43 Moray Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 56 m2 Forres Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 66 m8 Wemyss Place Mews, EdinburghGrade A
- 76 mCatherine Sinclair Monument, North Charlotte Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 78 m80 Queen Street, 79, 79A, EdinburghGrade A
- 79 m78A Queen Street, 78, EdinburghGrade A
- 94 m9 Wemyss Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 111 m2 Great Stuart Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 112 m11 Darnaway Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 113 m1 Moray Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 114 m74, 75, 77 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 119 m2, 3, 4 North Charlotte Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 120 m24 Ainslie Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 128 mGardens, Moray Place, EdinburghGrade A
- 128 m1 North Charlotte Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 131 m67 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 132 m1-2 Charlotte Square, EdinburghGrade A
- 136 m21 Young Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 137 m47 Heriot Row, EdinburghGrade A
- 139 m19 Young Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 144 m17 Young Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 146 m1 Great Stuart Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 146 m65 Queen Street, EdinburghGrade A
- 148 m46 Charlotte Square, EdinburghGrade A
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Postcode
- EH3 6BJ
- Received
- 6 May 2026
- Validated
- 7 May 2026
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- New Town + Broughton
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Permission is not required
- Decision date
- 20 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 13 days from validation, about the council's usual 15 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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