Flat 1 50 Coltbridge Avenue Murrayfield Edinburgh EH12 6AH Data via plota.co.uk

26/0775/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

2 Large Lawson cypress cultivars by the rear car park. Clear streetlight to ensure 1m clearance crown lift to 2.5m over the parking & path. Reduce crown heights by 3-4m to previous topping cuts. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Sept 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 September 2026. 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
EH12 6AH
Received
15 Sept 2026
Validated
15 Sept 2026
Ward
Corstorphine/Murrayfield
Parish
Murrayfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Oct 2026
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Frontier Forestry Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 2 days from validation, 13 days faster than Edinburgh's median of 15 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
723decided in the last year

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 23 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
27 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No