3 Wester Coates Gardens And 2 & 4 Wester Coates Avenue. Edinburgh Data via plota.co.uk

25/05386/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Previous pruning height at 5.7m, 4 Cotoneaster growing from the neighbour's garden. Height 4m, spread 2.5m, DBH multi stem reduce spread over boundary wall to level with wall and leave the shrub with a natural form. 5 Portuguese Laurel, contorted Hazel, common Hazel and Cotoneaster reduce spread over garden wall to a line above the wall. Leave the shrub with a natural form. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Oct 2025
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Validated
10 Oct 2025
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Approved
27 Oct 2025

Approved on 27 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF NMTCOZ - NOT MAKE A TPO DECISION LETTER Decision Notice · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION PDF Application Form · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 6

IMG PHOTO OF T1 ALDER TRUNK Photo · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ IMG PHOTO OF T1 ALDER Photo · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ IMG PHOTO OF T2 THREE YEW TREES Photo · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ IMG PHOTO OF T3 CYPRESS Photo · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ IMG PHOTO OF T4 COTONEASTER AND T5 SHRUBS Photo · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ IMG PHOTO OF T4 COTONEASTER Photo · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

Grade B listed: 2 Wester Coates Avenue, Edinburgh
List entry LB48917 · 0 m away · 7 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade A, 3 Grade B, 3 Grade C)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic Environment Scotland ↗
Coltbridge and Wester Coates conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Registered park or garden 36 m away: The New Town Gardens
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic Environment Scotland ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Edinburgh
Application type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Postcode
EH12 5LS
Received
9 Oct 2025
Validated
10 Oct 2025
Ward
City Centre
Parish
Murrayfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Nov 2025
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
27 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Root And Branch Arboriculture Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 17 days from validation, about the council's usual 15 days. Approved, as 98% of tree works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
1,085decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree works decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
31 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
20 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No

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