14 West Castle Road Edinburgh EH10 5AU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Dead tree on the left-hand boundary in the rear garden, remove. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 10 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Sept 2026
Documents 2
Application forms 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 2
Checked on 6 October 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
- EH10 5AU
- Received
- 17 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 18 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Morningside
- Parish
- Merchiston
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 30 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 10 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Frontier Forestry Ltd.
How this decision compares
Decided in 22 days from validation, 7 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 15 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% 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 →
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Last counted 2 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 30 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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