Planning application
21 Blackford Road Edinburgh EH9 2DT
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Conifer - Remove small fir tree, Conifer - Reduce overgrown conifer back to height of maintained hedge.
As published by the council, reference 26/0296/TCO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0296/TCO
- Type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Status
- Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Decision
- Granted As published: Not make a Tree Preservation Order
- Received
- 27 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 5 May 2026
- Decided
- 11 May 2026
- Ward
- Southside/Newington
- Parish
- Marchmont + Sciennes
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH9 2DT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Apr 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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5 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 May 2026
Decision issued: Not make a Tree Preservation Order
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
City of Edinburgh granted permission on 11 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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