5 Wester Coates Gardens Wester Coates Edinburgh EH12 5LT Data via plota.co.uk

26/0944/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Sycamore and goat willow overhanging wester coates road. crown lift both trees to 5m over the street. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Oct 2026
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Validated
27 Oct 2026
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Approved
29 Oct 2026

Approved on 29 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Nov 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF NMTCOZ - NOT MAKE A TPO DECISION LETTER Decision Notice · 29 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION PDF Application Form · 26 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

IMG 5 WESTER COATES GARDENS EDINBURGH EH12 5LT TREE WORKS PHOTO 1 Photo · 26 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG 5 WESTER COATES GARDENS EDINBURGH EH12 5LT TREE WORKS PHOTO 2 Photo · 26 Oct 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

Coltbridge and Wester Coates 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.
4 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 6 Wester Coates Road, Edinburgh, Grade B, 38 m away · 2 Grade B, 2 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 ↗
Registered park or garden 85 m away: Edinburgh World Heritage Site Boundary
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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
EH12 5LT
Received
26 Oct 2026
Validated
27 Oct 2026
Ward
City Centre
Parish
Murrayfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Dec 2026
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
29 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Frontier Forestry Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 2 days from validation, 12 days faster than Edinburgh's median of 14 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
996decided in the last year

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 4 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
8 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
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2025 Refused
14 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Larix decidua in read garden - Tree to be removed in rear garden due to recent large fail…
25/02292/TCO
2025 Approved
12C Wester Coates Gardens Wester Coates Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Replacement of existing timber sash and case windows on a like-for-like basis with new wi…
25/01328/LBC
2024
11 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Located along south boundary #5. Sycamore Tree (T5) remove tree by dismantling leaving st…
24/03231/TCO
2023 Refused
14 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Sorbus subg. Sorbus, removal of tree due to decline and lack of foliage after removing la…
23/06449/TCO
2023 Refused
16 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
T1 row of Chestnut trees boundary with 18 - fell the trees.
23/02763/TCO
2023 Refused
16 & 18 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
T1 Pine - fell. T2 Beech growing from No16 - selective lateral reduction of overhanging b…
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2022 Approved
14 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Demolition of dwelling
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2022 Approved
14 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Demolition of existing and construction of new dwelling
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2022 Refused
11, 15 - 19 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Rear area - line of approx 10 Hollies and 1 Viburnum Tinus in neighbour's garden - reduce…
22/00959/TCO
2022 Refused
14 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Tila x Europaea south side property - reduction of canopy by 30%, all works to bs3998 sta…
22/00633/TCO
2021 Approved
10B Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
To enlarge 1st floor and install cladding.
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2021 Refused
16 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
- Reduction of canopy by 30 percent, all works to bs3998 standard., Aesculus hippocastanu…
21/05772/TCO
2021 Refused
12 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Aesculus Hippocastanum west side of property - reduction of canopy by 2.5m all work to bs…
21/05279/TCO
2021 Refused
14 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Various and numerous treework.
21/04416/TCO
2021 Refused
11 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Lime in front garden. - Crown lift to 5m above street level all way round, clear basal ep…
21/03642/TCO
2020 Refused
11 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
2 X Leylandii - reduce lateral spread from Beaumont Court to boundary line full height. N…
20/05595/TCO
2020 Refused
Tree Works Outside 19 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh
2 X Japanese Cherries at entrance steps to Beaumont Court - reduce crown height by approx…
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2020 Refused
20 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Alterations with conversion of attic and associated roof windows and dormer balcony.
20/04417/FUL
2020 Refused
10B Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
T1 - Birch - Crown reduction 30%, T2 - Spruce - Crown lift to 5m, T3 - Birch - Remove rea…
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2018 Refused
14 Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Fell Lime Tree at driveway entrance (consent previously given). Fell large Sycamore at en…
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2017 Approved
12A Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Create Two Window Openings on Rear Elevation.
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2017 Approved
12A Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Internal Alterations and Introduction of External Window Openings.
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2017 Approved
2A Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
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Large nearly dead elder - rear garden. remove large nearly dead elder , eucalyptus and 2…
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