Charlotte Square Gardens 48 Charlotte Square New Town Edinburgh Data via plota.co.uk

25/04906/TCO - Treework Within a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Golden Cypress reduce and shape. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Sept 2025
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Approved
23 Oct 2025

Approved on 23 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Nov 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade A listed: Albert Memorial, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
List entry LB27840 · 26 m away · 30 more listed buildings within 150 m (21 Grade A, 8 Grade B, 1 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; SSSI 424 m away: Arthur's Seat Volcano.
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
Received
16 Sept 2025
Validated
16 Sept 2025
Ward
City Centre
Parish
New Town + Broughton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Oct 2025
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision date
23 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 22 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 2 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
7 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
27 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No