Planning application
8A Forth Street Broughton Edinburgh EH1 3LD
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
30ft Birch Tree felling and cutting the stump as low to the ground as possible, inserting eco plugs.
As published by the council, reference 26/0534/TCO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0534/TCO
- Type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting Assessment
- Received
- 7 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- City Centre
- Parish
- New Town + Broughton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EH1 3LD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Jul 2026
Received by City of Edinburgh
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 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 43 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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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