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Royal Botanic Garden 20A Inverleith Row Inverleith Edinburgh EH3 5LR

Awaiting decision City of Edinburgh 26/0602/TCO Treework Within a Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

T1 Horse Chestnut crown raise to North of tree to provide statutory clearance of 5.3m from ground level over roadway.

As published by the council, reference 26/0602/TCO

Application record

Reference
26/0602/TCO
Type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Status
Awaiting Assessment
Received
27 Jul 2026
Validated
27 Jul 2026
Ward
Inverleith
Parish
Stockbridge + Inverleith
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
EH3 5LR

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of Edinburgh register

This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/05745/FUL Awaiting decision

    Royal Botanic Garden 20A Inverleith Row Inverleith Edinburgh EH3 5LR

    Erection of a modular steel access ramp and ticket booth, formation of new porous asphalt paths, soft landscaping and associated works.

    Submitted 30 Oct 2025 Full applications
  • 21/06714/LBC Granted

    Royal Botanic Garden 20A Inverleith Row Inverleith Edinburgh EH3 5LR

    Swapping out existing antenna

    Decided 31 Dec 2021 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 27 Jul 2026

    Received by City of Edinburgh

  2. 6 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 21 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

2 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.

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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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