Pollock Halls Of Residence 18 Holyrood Park Road Edinburgh EH16 5AY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Tulip tree T172, reduce crown radius to east and south east only by 2m and remove deadwood. Norway Maple T180, remove deadwood. Beech T191, remove deadwood. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Sept 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
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
- EH16 5AY
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 6 May 2026
- Ward
- Southside/Newington
- Parish
- Southside
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 17 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Frontier Forestry Ltd.
How this decision compares
Decided in 28 days from validation, 13 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 15 for tree and landscaping works. 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 →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 2 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 17 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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