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40 Royal Terrace Edinburgh EH7 5AH

Decided City of Edinburgh 21/04973/TCO Treework Within a Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Silver Birch - Section fell.

As published by the council, reference 21/04973/TCO

Application record

Reference
21/04973/TCO
Type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Status
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Received
22 Sep 2021
Validated
22 Sep 2021
Decided
12 Oct 2021
Ward
City Centre
Parish
New Town/Broughton (pre 28 March 2025)
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH7 5AH

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register

This site has had 4 applications since 2010: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 20/01023/TCO Decided

    40 Royal Terrace Edinburgh EH7 5AH

    Common Lime - Pollard to previous historic pollard , Common Lime no.2 - Pollard to previous historic pollard , Common Lime no.3 - Pollard to previous historic pollard , Common Lime no.4 - Pollard to previous historic pollard.

    Decided 18 Mar 2020 Trees
  • 15/03051/TCO Granted

    40 Royal Terrace Edinburgh EH7 5AH

    Eucalyptus tree removal

    Decided 8 Jul 2015 Trees
  • 10/00866/LBC Granted

    40 Royal Terrace Edinburgh EH7 5AH

    Basement paving lifted in part and stored. Planting of shrubs and plants in raised beds (in retrospect).

    Decided 18 Aug 2010 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Sep 2021

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 12 Oct 2021

    Decision issued: Not make a Tree Preservation Order

  3. 28 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

City of Edinburgh has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

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