4 Rothesay Place New Town Edinburgh EH3 7SL Data via plota.co.uk

25/04177/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Removal of trees T5391 laburnum, T5394 laburnum, T5401 Swedish whitebeam and T5395 elder. T5396 lime: 3 metre crown reduction and reduce from cables to create 1.2 metre clearance. T5397 maple and T5400: reduce from adjacent cables to create 1 metre clearance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Aug 2025
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Validated
15 Aug 2025
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Approved
18 Sept 2025

Approved on 18 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026

Site constraints 4

Grade B listed: 4 Rothesay Place, Edinburgh
List entry LB29663 · 1 m away · 22 more listed buildings within 150 m (5 Grade A, 15 Grade B, 2 Grade C)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic Environment Scotland ↗
Registered park or garden: The New Town Gardens
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic Environment Scotland ↗
New Town conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 4 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
EH3 7SL
Received
13 Aug 2025
Validated
15 Aug 2025
Ward
City Centre
Parish
West End
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Sept 2025
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
18 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 19 days slower than Edinburgh's median of 15 for tree works. Approved, as 98% of tree works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
1,085decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree works decided by Edinburgh in the last twelve months, from validation. Edinburgh decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 4 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
5 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
25 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No