Planning application
Firknowe Skirling Green Skirling Scottish Borders ML12 6HD
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Work to tree
As published by the council, reference 25/00765/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00765/TCA
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 12 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 12 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Tweeddale West
- Parish
- Skirling Community Council
- Postcode
- ML12 6HD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Scottish Borders register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021.
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21/00554/LBC Withdrawn
Firknowe Skirling Green Skirling Scottish Borders ML12 6HD
Amend colour of wood treatment to cladding
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jun 2025
Received by Scottish Borders
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5 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Scottish Borders took a median of 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 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
This application is with Scottish Borders for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Scottish Borders's median decision took 61 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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