Planning application
4 Ettrick Road Edinburgh EH10 5BJ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Sycamore (Acer Pseudoplatanus), remove the trees.
As published by the council, reference 26/0510/TCO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0510/TCO
- Type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 2 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Morningside
- Parish
- Merchiston
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH10 5BJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jul 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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9 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 September 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 38 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 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 happens while it is decided
The process from here
This application is with City of Edinburgh for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
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
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2A, 2D & 6 Gillsland Road And 4, 4A & 4B Ettrick Road Edinburgh
Sycamore, Lime, Birch, Horse Chestnut, Lime, Holly, Plum & Leylandi in 4A,4 & 4B Ettrick Rd - crown lift to 5m over rear boundary of Gillsland Grove, 4 Gillsland Road. Yew, Sycamore, Lime, and Laburnum in 6 Gillsland Road - Crown lift to 5m over Gillsland Grove, 4 Gillsland Road. Horse Chestnut, Laburnums, Lime & Beech in 2A Gillsland Road & Lime, in Ettrick Road property - crown lift to 5m over Gillsland Grove, 4 Gillsland Road.
Decided Trees 7 docs -
Flat 1 1 Ettrick Loan Edinburgh EH10 5EP
94% historically approved · decision due ~23 Jul
Lime at NW corner. - Crown lift to 2.5m over grass and 5.2m over street.
Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs -
2D Gillsland Road Merchiston Edinburgh EH10 5BW
94% historically approved · decision due ~2 Apr
T7, T8,T9 and T10 leyland cypress remove tree.
Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs -
6 Ettrick Road Edinburgh EH10 5BJ
Lime - Crown clean and reduction of approx 1-1.5 metre of previously pollarded lime, Chestnut - crown clean and reduction of approx 1-1.5m of previously pollarded tree, Lime2 - Crown clean and reduction of approx 1-1.5 m of previously pollarded lime, Cherry - Crown clean and reduce by approx 1 metre.
Decided Trees 3 docs -
4B Ettrick Road Merchiston Edinburgh EH10 5BJ
94% historically approved · decision due ~26 May
Lawson Cypress (chamaecyparis lawsonian) removal of tree.
Awaiting decision Trees 7 docs
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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
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