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Woodland Mortonhall Park Gardens Edinburgh

23/00020/TPOTreeworkApproved

Approved on 2 February 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Communal ground between Mortonhall Parkway and Frogston Road East. T1 Sycamore (tag 702) - remove dead and damaged branches. T2 Plane (Tag 712) - remove dead damaged and crossing branches. T3 Sycamore (tag 728) - remove dead and damaged branches. T4 Oak (tag 731) - remove dead damaged and crossing branches, crown thin 15%. T5 Oak (tag 732) - remove dead, damaged and crossing branches, crown thin 15%. T6 Oak (tag 726) - remove dead, damaged and crossing branches, crown thin 15%. T7 Sycamore - remove deadwood. T8 Sycamore - remove deadwood, crown thin 15%. T9 Maple (tag 747) - fell the tree (heavy decay). T10 Maple group (tag 701 to 706) - crown lift to 4m, remove dead wood and crossing rubbing branches. T11 Cherry (tag 734) - obscuring light, crown reduction 30%.

Received
5 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Liberton/Gilmerton
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Woodland Mortonhall Park Gardens Edinburgh. Edinburgh has handled 1,501 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Liberton/Gilmerton.

24% of trees applications at City of Edinburgh Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Treework
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Liberton

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2023
Last date for comments
27 January 2023
Target decision date
2 March 2023
Permission expires
2 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: John Thompson 10 South Quarry Way Gorebridge EH23 4GZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    5 Jan

    Communal ground between Mortonhall Parkway and Frogston Road East. T1 Sycamore (tag 702) - remove dead and…

    This applicationApprovedTrees23/00020/TPO
  2. 2023
    5 Jan

    Horse Chestnut, approx. 15m honey fungus present, bleeding canker, significant deadwood in crown - remove one…

    ApprovedTreeworkFiled alongside23/00021/TPO

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    10 Feb

    Horse Chestnut approx. 17m, poor condition, Armellaria, missing bark, bleeding canker - remove to ground…

    ApprovedTreework23/00573/TPO
  2. 2023
    26 Jan

    2 large mature Oak trees approx. 20m open crowns - reduce in height by approx. 2m.

    RefusedTreework23/00327/TPO
  3. 2022
    1 Aug

    Horse Chestnut - Crown lift over pavement. Lateral reduction over road.

    ApprovedTreework22/03867/TPO
  4. 2022
    22 Mar

    T1 & T2 Sycamore with Kretzschmaria Deusta - fell the trees.

    ApprovedTreework22/01408/TPO
  5. 2017
    13 Oct

    Beech Tree T1 - Removal, Beech Tree T2 - Removal, Sycamore T3 - Removal of deadwood from upper crown, Ash T4…

    ApprovedTreework17/04779/TPO
  6. 2015
    22 May

    Work on tree leaning toward the road that has stem decay.

    ApprovedTreework15/02386/TPO

Source: Edinburgh

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