6 East Castle Road Edinburgh EH10 5AR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Weeping Silver Birch tree, trimming back branches. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 26 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 2
Other documents 1
Site constraints 3
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Important details
- Council
- Edinburgh
- Application type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Postcode
- EH10 5AR
- Received
- 22 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 23 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Morningside
- Parish
- Merchiston
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 34 days from validation, 19 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 15 for tree works. Approved, as 98% of tree works here are.
Plota live figures for tree works decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →
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Last counted 13 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 13 Nov 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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