2B Spylaw Road Edinburgh EH10 5BH Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
14ft Cherry Tree - Reducing the crown of the cherry tree by approx 1m where physiologically appropriate. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 16 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Sept 2026
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Other documents 2
Site constraints 3
Show all 12 with distances
- 38 m1 Ettrick Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 42 mTeviot House And Stable Block, St Dennis And Cranley School, 2 Spylaw, EdinburghGrade B
- 84 mElmpark, 25 Spylaw Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 85 mKilmeny And Gardener's Cottage, 2 Ettrick Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 90 m5 Napier Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 91 m31, 33 Spylaw Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 109 m4 Ettrick Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 114 mSt Denis And Cranley School, 7 Ettrick Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 119 m34, 36 Spylaw Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 121 mBoundary Walls And Gate Piers, Rockville, 3 Napier Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 135 mCraigard, 37 Spylaw Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 141 mRedholme, 20 Colinton Road, EdinburghGrade B
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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
- EH10 5BH
- Received
- 27 May 2026
- Validated
- 28 May 2026
- Ward
- Morningside
- Parish
- Merchiston
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 9 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 16 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Sarah Forrester.
How this decision compares
Decided in 19 days from validation, 4 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 →
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Last counted 2 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 9 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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