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Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ

25/06489/TCOTreework Within a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 12 January 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Chestnut tree root management (URGENT).

Received
11 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Corstorphine/Murrayfield
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 31 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Stewart's Melville College 3 Queensferry Road Edinburgh EH4 3EZ. Edinburgh has handled 1,501 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 10 days quicker than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Corstorphine/Murrayfield. We hold 2,176 applications in total for the EH4 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
EH4 3EZ
Application type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Craigleith + Blackhall

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2025
Last date for comments
6 January 2026
Target decision date
22 January 2026
Permission expires
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Kaimes West Linton EH46 7BX

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    26 Nov

    Slapping the wall between Library 01 and Room 15 to create an opening between the two. This will include…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/06201/LBC
  2. 2025
    2 Sep

    Installation of a single external Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) duct for two classroom fume cupboards to…

    PendingListed building consent25/04524/LBC
  3. 2023
    23 Aug

    Elm Tree 20m x 75cm diameter - cut to stump.

    RefusedTreework Within a Conservation Area23/03877/TCO
  4. 2020
    3 Mar

    Reinstatement of boundary wall with amended opening position.

    ApprovedListed building consent20/01044/LBC
  5. 2019
    6 Dec

    Demolition of old classroom facilities and the erection of a new junior school classroom block to provide six…

    WithdrawnPlanning Permission19/05816/FUL
  6. 2019
    6 Dec

    Proposal is to demolish part of the brown brick extension (a later addition built in 1974) to the original…

    WithdrawnListed building consent19/05818/LBC

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