117 Dundas Street New Town Edinburgh EH3 5EF Data via plota.co.uk

25/04816/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

5 Maples at Dundas Street frontage reduce the height and spread taking 2m off for formation of suitable pollard points/ knuckles by pruning back to previous cuts ;for onward cyclical pollard management. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Sept 2025
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Validated
18 Sept 2025
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Approved
16 Oct 2025

Approved on 16 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Nov 2026

Site constraints 3

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.
8 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 1-3 Eyre Place, Edinburgh, Grade B, 41 m away · 4 Grade B, 4 Grade C
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. 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
EH3 5EF
Received
11 Sept 2025
Validated
18 Sept 2025
Ward
Inverleith
Parish
New Town + Broughton
Case officer
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Target decision
29 Oct 2025
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
16 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Frontier Forestry Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 13 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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
9 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
29 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No