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Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

Decided City of Edinburgh 25/06489/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

Chestnut tree root management (URGENT).

As published by the council, reference 25/06489/TCO

Application record

Reference
25/06489/TCO
Type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Status
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Decision
Not make a Tree Preservation Order
Received
11 Dec 2025
Validated
12 Dec 2025
Decided
12 Jan 2026
Ward
Corstorphine/Murrayfield
Parish
Craigleith + Blackhall
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH4 3EZ

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register

This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/06201/LBC Granted

    Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

    Slapping the wall between Library 01 and Room 15 to create an opening between the two. This will include removing wall panelling on both sides.

    Decided 21 Jan 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 25/04524/LBC Awaiting decision

    Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

    Installation of a single external Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) duct for two classroom fume cupboards to the west elevation of the Art block building, which is situated in the curtilage of the Stuart Melville Old College.

    Submitted 2 Sep 2025 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 23/03877/TCO Decided

    Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

    Elm Tree 20m x 75cm diameter - cut to stump.

    Decided 28 Aug 2023 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Dec 2025

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 12 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 12 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Not make a Tree Preservation Order

  4. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 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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