Tree Works St Vincent Place Stockbridge Edinburgh Data via plota.co.uk

26/0946/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

6 hornbeams following the steps down and 8 hornbeams at the upper level. All vary in height between 4m-6m tall reduce all 14 trees down to 4m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Oct 2026
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Approved
30 Oct 2026

Approved on 30 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Local nature reserve 259 m away: The Hook
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the West Bridgford built-up area.
Not affected
No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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
Received
27 Oct 2026
Validated
27 Oct 2026
Ward
Inverleith
Parish
New Town + Broughton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Dec 2026
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
30 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Frontier Forestry Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 3 days from validation, 11 days faster than Edinburgh's median of 14 for tree and landscaping works. 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 4 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
8 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No