8 Mansionhouse Road Sciennes Edinburgh EH9 1TZ Data via plota.co.uk

25/05741/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Cherry tree and hawthorn tree In back garden, trim trees 1 metre to below the two phone lines and shape to maintain proportions. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
29 Oct 2025
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Validated
30 Oct 2025
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Approved
21 Nov 2025

Approved on 21 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF NMTCOZ - NOT MAKE A TPO DECISION LETTER Decision Notice · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION PDF Application Form · 29 Oct 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

Grange 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.
21 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 4 Mansionhouse Road, The Grange, Edinburgh, Grade C, 41 m away · 10 Grade B, 11 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 ↗
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 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
EH9 1TZ
Received
29 Oct 2025
Validated
30 Oct 2025
Ward
Southside/Newington
Parish
Marchmont + Sciennes
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Dec 2025
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
21 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 22 days from validation, 7 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 28 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
20 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
10 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

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