7 South Gillsland Road Merchiston Edinburgh EH10 5DE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 Elm reduce height from 8m to 7m and reduce spread from 10m to 8m lift to 3m from existing ground levels. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 13 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 27 Oct 2026
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Other documents 2
Site constraints 3
Show all 7 with distances
- 43 mRed House, 1 Gillsland Road South, EdinburghGrade B
- 62 mSouth Lothian College Of Nursing, 2 Gillsland Road South, EdinburghGrade B
- 75 mEntrance Lodge And Gate Piers, George Watson's College, 73 Colinton Road, EdinburghGrade B
- 97 m79 Colinton Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 126 m83 Colinton Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 135 m26 Colinton Road, EdinburghGrade C
- 135 mSundial, 24 Colinton Road, EdinburghGrade C
Checked on 2 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
- EH10 5DE
- Received
- 27 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 27 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Morningside
- Parish
- Merchiston
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 7 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- JWT Tree Services Ltd.
How this decision compares
Decided in 17 days from validation, about the council's usual 14 days. Approved, as 97% 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 →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 27 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 17 Nov 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 7 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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