Planning application
The Orchard 16A Hope Terrace Morningside Edinburgh EH9 2AR
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Copper beech: prune the north-east quadrant of the tree to create clearance of up to 2.5 metres from the new building envelope, and crown lift to five metres above patio level.
As published by the council, reference 26/0135/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0135/TPO
- Type
- Treework
- Status
- Application Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 27 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 4 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 5 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Southside/Newington
- Parish
- Marchmont + Sciennes
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH9 2AR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
27 Feb 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
-
4 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
5 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted
-
14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
Forteviot House 16 Hope Terrace Morningside Edinburgh EH9 2AR
Beech tree - a selective crown reduction is proposed to establish a minimum clearance of approximately two metres between the outer canopy edge and the building envelope of the new residential unit, reducing the length of one or more overextended primary limbs located in the north-eastern sector of the crown by up to five metres.
Decided Trees 5 docs -
18 Hope Terrace Morningside Edinburgh EH9 2AR
94% historically approved · decision due ~21 Oct
T1 Cherry - Reduce, T2 Birch - Reduce.
Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs -
-
-
20 Blackford Road Edinburgh EH9 2DS
3-stemmed Whitebeam overhanging street. All stems are leaning heavily.1 stem is leaning on the wall. - Shear cracks at base of each stem. Tree needs removed for safety reasons due to proximity to street.
Decided Trees 10 docs -
6 Blackford Road Edinburgh EH9 2DS
Lapsed Castlewellan Leyland Cypress hedge on left boundary - Remove and cut stumps low, Mature Sycamore - Sever Ivy at base, Post mature pear tree on rear left hand corner - Remove major deadwood, Apple tree at the corner of house - Reduce crown height by 1m and shape in sides away from house.
Granted Trees 2 docs
Other trees applications
In City of Edinburgh
-
26/0698/TCO Decided
7 - 11 Great King Street, 13 Drummond Place Edinburgh EH3 6QW
T1 - Elm - Reduce overhanging branches by approximately 1-2m back to boundary wall, T2 - Willow - Reduce overhanging branches by approximately 2-2.5m back to boundary wall, T3 - Lime - Reduce overhanging branches by 1-1.5m back to boundary wall , T4 - Lime - Reduce overhanging branches by 1-1.5m back to boundary wall , T5 - Elder - Remove two limbs damaging wall. Reduce overhanging branches by 0.5-1m back to boundary wall
-
26/0735/TCO Awaiting decision
558 Lanark Road Woodhall Juniper Green EH14 5EL
Willow & Acer (T1 & 2) Sycamore, Rowan and lilac (T3, 4 & 5) height and girth reduction, removal of dead or damaged branches for health of trees 10%.
-
26/0734/TCO Awaiting decision
3 Templar's Cramond Cramond Edinburgh EH4 6BY
Mature willow remove to ground level.
-
26/0731/TPO Decided
31 York Road Edinburgh EH5 3EG
Rowan - Remove Tree.
-
26/0732/TCO Awaiting decision
511 Lanark Road West Balerno EH14 7AJ
T1 Dying Spuce roadside location - Fell the tree , T2 Spruce - Crown lift to 5m over drive for vehicle access.