Flat 2 6 Donaldson Crescent Edinburgh EH12 5FB Data via plota.co.uk

25/06297/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Sycamore in the rear garden by the boundary wall from car park. - Crown lift to 5m and remove large diameter deadwood. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Dec 2025
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Approved
17 Dec 2025

Approved on 17 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Site constraints 3

Registered park or garden: The New Town Gardens
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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.
Also on the record
8 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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 5FB
Received
1 Dec 2025
Validated
1 Dec 2025
Ward
City Centre
Parish
West End
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Jan 2026
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
17 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Frontier Forestry Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 16 days from validation, about the council's usual 14 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
996decided 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 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
22 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
11 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No