2 Private Road Gorebridge EH23 4HG Data via plota.co.uk

25/00375/WTT - Work to Trees Approved

Proposal

Felling and pruning of trees protected by TPO 2 or 2004 Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
11 Jul 2025
✓
Approved
14 Aug 2025

Approved on 14 Aug 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Scheduled monument 99 m away: Newbyres Castle
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic Environment Scotland ↗
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area 29 m away: Gorebridge; 8 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Midlothian - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Midlothian
Application type
Work to Trees
Postcode
EH23 4HG
Received
11 Jul 2025
Validated
11 Jul 2025
Ward
Midlothian South
Parish
Gorebridge & District Community Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Aug 2025
Decision
Grant
Decision date
14 Aug 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
JWT Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 14 days slower than Midlothian's median of 20 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
89decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
100719299-001
Statutory expiry
22 Aug 2025
Env. assessment
No