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26/0609/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Cpt1 Mixed Conifers x 120 and 2 sycamore trees - Cut to Stump, Cpt 2 4x Sitka Spruce - Cut to Stump, T1 Wellingtonia - Reduce back selected branches over the car port on the SE elevation by up 2 metres, T2 Beech - Reduce the height and spread of the canopy by 2 metres. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Validated
4 Aug 2026
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Approved
20 Aug 2026

Approved on 20 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION PDF Application Form · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF BEECH TREE IMAGES Photo · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF LETTER Correspondence · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF WELINGTONIA TREE Photo · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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 ↗
Balerno 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
Registered park or garden 135 m away: Malleny; 3 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 September 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
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
4 Aug 2026
Ward
Pentland Hills
Parish
Balerno
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Sept 2026
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
20 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Thomson Trees Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 16 days from validation, about the council's usual 15 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
723decided 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 28 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No