Planning application
2 Wester Coates Place Wester Coates Edinburgh EH12 5YG
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 Cherry crown lift to 4m reduce spread of the tree by 2m., T2 and T3 Willow reduce height from 8 to 6m reduce spread from 9 - 6m.
As published by the council, reference 25/05975/TCO
Application record
- Reference
- 25/05975/TCO
- Type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 13 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 13 Nov 2025
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- Murrayfield
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH12 5YG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Nov 2025
Received by City of Edinburgh
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 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
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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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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1 Wester Coates Place Wester Coates Edinburgh EH12 5YG
T1 Beech crown lift to 5m over drive. T2 Willow crown Lift to 5m over drive reduce height from 10 - 9m spread 10 - 8m.
Decided Trees 5 docs -
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Granted Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 25 docs -
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95% historically approved · decision due ~20 Oct
1 Two Lawson Cypress H 10m, S 10m, 1st tree DBH 27/28cm, 2nd tree DBH 32/33cm. - Reduce height by up to 3 meters. Selective pruning to reduce radius by 50cm., 2 Cedar. Height 15m, spread 9m, DBH 480mm. - Remove the tree to ground level.
Awaiting decision Trees 5 docs -
14 Wester Coates Gardens Wester Coates Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Non Material Variation - On west elevation of garage, replace vertical timber cladding with facing brick to match remainder of house. Change garage door to vertical sliding sectional powder coated door in colour to match house window frames.
Decided Conditions Windows or glazing 5 docs -
3 Wester Coates Gardens And 2 & 4 Wester Coates Avenue. Edinburgh
95% historically approved · decision due ~5 Dec
Previous pruning height at 5.7m, 4 Cotoneaster growing from the neighbour's garden. Height 4m, spread 2.5m, DBH multi stem reduce spread over boundary wall to level with wall and leave the shrub with a natural form. 5 Portuguese Laurel, contorted Hazel, common Hazel and Cotoneaster reduce spread over garden wall to a line above the wall. Leave the shrub with a natural form.
Awaiting decision Trees 8 docsSmall domestic -
10A Wester Coates Gardens Edinburgh EH12 5LT
Abies griffithii, Height 16m, spread 9m, DBH 460mm. - Crown thin by around 10%, minor pruning to reduce spread, dead wooding, prune damaged branch.
Decided Trees 6 docs
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