The Old Kirk Moray House College 11 - 39 Holyrood Road Edinburgh EH8 8AQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Early mature Norway maple at the east corner of the Old Kirk reduce the crown from the building so there is 1.5m clearance for scaffolding. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Sept 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
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- 1 mMoray House College Of Education, 39 Holyrood Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 42 mSummerhouse, Moray House, 174 Canongate, EdinburghGrade A
- 57 m2-27 Sugarhouse Close and 41-49 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh (Former Holyrood Brewery)Grade C
- 64 mGarden Gateway, Moray House, 172 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
- 87 mReception Building, Moray House College Of Education, St John's Street, EdinburghGrade B
- 121 mDalhousie Land, St John Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 130 mBakehouse Close, 146 Canongate, EdinburghGrade A
- 140 mSt John's Priory, 21 St John Street, EdinburghGrade C
- 141 m168, 170, 172 Canongate, EdinburghGrade B
- 141 mAcheson House, 140 Canongate, EdinburghGrade A
- 145 m162-166 Canongate, 160B, EdinburghGrade B
Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
- EH8 8AQ
- Received
- 11 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jun 2026
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- Old Town
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 24 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Frontier Forestry Ltd.
How this decision compares
Decided in 20 days from validation, 35 days faster than Edinburgh's median of 55 for listed building works. Approved, as 94% of listed building works here are.
Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →
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Last counted 2 Sept 2026
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- Env. assessment
- No
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