18 And 20 Merchiston Place Merchiston Edinburgh EH10 4NS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Front garden cherry in front left-hand corner. Reduce crown height and spread by 30%. Current spread 6m down to 4m (2m off). Current height 8m down to 5.5m (2.5m off). Neighbour's cherry in number 20 in the front left-hand corner of their garden crown lift to 4m over applicant's driveway, removing secondary branches only. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 12 Aug 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Other documents 5
Site constraints 2
Show all 15 with distances
- 52 m19 Merchiston Place, EdinburghGrade C
- 56 m4 Merchiston Avenue, EdinburghGrade C
- 71 m2 Merchiston Avenue, EdinburghGrade C
- 89 m6, 8, 10 Merchiston Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 91 m224, 226 Bruntsfield Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 97 m4, 4A Merchiston Park, EdinburghGrade C
- 100 mChrist Church, Bruntsfield Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 109 mBank Of Scotland, 8 Morningside Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 110 m210 Bruntsfield Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 112 m6 Merchiston Park, EdinburghGrade C
- 114 m3 Merchiston Park, EdinburghGrade C
- 120 m7 Merchiston Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 126 m191, 193, 195 Bruntsfield Place, EdinburghGrade B
- 142 m3-5 Colinton Road, Holy Corner, EdinburghGrade B
- 147 m10 Colinton Road, 8, EdinburghGrade B
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Important details
- Council
- Edinburgh
- Application type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Postcode
- EH10 4NS
- Received
- 7 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 14 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Morningside
- Parish
- Merchiston (pre 28 March 2025)
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 24 Aug 2025
- Decision
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 12 Aug 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Frontier Forestry Ltd.
How this decision compares
Decided in 29 days from validation, 14 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 15 for tree works. Approved, as 98% of tree works here are.
Plota live figures for tree 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
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 4 Aug 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 24 Aug 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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