Planning application
Tree Works Belford Place New Town Edinburgh
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
3 Lime trees - Re-pollard 3 Lime trees back to previous points as per 3 yearly maintenance.
As published by the council, reference 25/05957/TCO
Application record
- Reference
- 25/05957/TCO
- Type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 12 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 17 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Inverleith
- Parish
- West End
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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25/06005/TCO Decided
Tree Works Belford Place New Town Edinburgh
3 Lime trees re-pollard 3 Lime trees back to previous points as per 3 yearly maintenance.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Nov 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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17 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
City of Edinburgh took a median of 41 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with City of Edinburgh for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year City of Edinburgh decided tree works applications in a median of 14 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
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Tree Works Belford Place New Town Edinburgh
3 Lime trees re-pollard 3 Lime trees back to previous points as per 3 yearly maintenance.
Decided Trees 4 docs -
6 Belford Park Edinburgh EH4 3DP
Ash tree with progressed dieback - Reduce tree by 6m promoting healthy regrowth.
Decided Trees 5 docs -
10 Belford Place Edinburgh EH4 3DH
Sycamore - lift and reduce lightly over phone lines, hollies - reduce and thin, winter cherry - Dismantle, cherry - Dismantle, MAGNOLIA - Dismantle.
Decided Trees 1 doc -
1 Belford Park Edinburgh EH4 3DP
95% historically approved · decision due ~20 Aug
Holly tree , cherry tree , laburnum , leylandii - removal x 2 holly , reduce cherry tree 0.5m max. Removal laburnum tree ground level.
Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs -
7 Belford Park Edinburgh EH4 3DP
Single largest tree growing between 7 Belford Park and 2 Belford Place - Tree to be pollarded by owner to the same height as the the evergreen trees either side of it.
Decided Trees 3 docs -
6A Belford Park New Town Edinburgh EH4 3DP
95% historically approved · decision due ~28 Apr
Cluster of holly / ash trees cut height of trees down to previous cuts (roughly 2m) to maintain manageable height.
Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs
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