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43 Stirling Road Edinburgh EH5 3JB

Awaiting decision City of Edinburgh 26/0387/TCO Treework Within a Conservation Area

Works: Trees

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Proposal

Norway Maple - Crown lift to 5m all way round. Clear telephone lines - Tree affecting neighbours; shedding branches and impacting nearby telephone lines.

As published by the council, reference 26/0387/TCO

Application record

Reference
26/0387/TCO
Type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Status
Awaiting Assessment
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
27 May 2026
Ward
Forth
Parish
Trinity
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH5 3JB

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register

This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 16/05422/TCO Granted

    43 Stirling Road Edinburgh EH5 3JB

    Nox row - crown lift to 3m over garden and 5m over street. Reduce spread towards house by 2m, early mature atlantic cedar by front left hand corner of house. - reduce spread towards house by 2m,crown lift to 4m and remove branch growing over japanese cherries, japanese cherries on either side of door off street - reduce to height of streetlight and shape. Clear streetlight.

    Decided 9 Nov 2016 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 May 2026

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 27 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 22 July 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 43 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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What 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.

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