Planning application
Royal Botanic Garden 20A Inverleith Row Inverleith Edinburgh EH3 5LR
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.
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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.
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21/06714/LBC Granted
Royal Botanic Garden 20A Inverleith Row Inverleith Edinburgh EH3 5LR
Swapping out existing antenna
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 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 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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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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