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40 Northumberland Street New Town Edinburgh EH3 6JA

25/02504/TCOTreework Within a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 6 June 2025

Council decision: Not make a Tree Preservation OrderDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

6m high Prunus and 6m high Rowan reduce height of longest branches by around 90cm to just below telephone lines.

Received
15 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
City Centre
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 40 Northumberland Street New Town Edinburgh EH3 6JA. Edinburgh has handled 1,501 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 3 weeks quicker than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 303 applications across City Centre. We hold 913 applications in total for the EH3 postcode area.

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

Postcode
EH3 6JA
Application type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
New Town/Broughton (pre 28 March 2025)

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2025
Last date for comments
5 June 2025
Target decision date
25 June 2025
Permission expires
6 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Richard Hattersley-Smith Lantern House 3 Windsor Street Edinburgh EH7 5LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Edinburgh

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