2A East Castle Road Merchiston Edinburgh EH10 5AR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 Willow re-pollard and remove NE secondary limb. T2 Lawson's Cypress remove tree. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 23 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026
Documents 2
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 3
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Important details
- Council
- Edinburgh
- Application type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Postcode
- EH10 5AR
- Received
- 11 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 11 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Morningside
- Parish
- Merchiston
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 23 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 12 days from validation, about the council's usual 14 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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 9 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 5 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 21 Jan 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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