Main Senior School Building George Watsons College 67 - 71 Colinton Road Edinburgh EH10 5EG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
privit hedges remove to allow mini bus to reverse into parking spaces, removal of kanzan cherry remove recommended buy tree survey, sycamore deadwood removal recommended buy tree survey, mix of trees, cut back over hanging branches from next door land, land owner has given permission. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 12 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 2
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- 53 mGeorge Watson's College, Colinton Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 116 mMusic School, George Watson's College, EdinburghGrade B
- 143 mCraigholm, 11 Tipperlinn Road, EdinburghGrade B
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Important details
- Council
- Edinburgh
- Application type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Postcode
- EH10 5EG
- Received
- 7 Sept 2026
- Validated
- 10 Sept 2026
- Ward
- Morningside
- Parish
- Merchiston
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 12 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 32 days from validation, 17 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 15 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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