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5 St Thomas Road Grange Edinburgh EH9 2LQ

26/0011/TCOTreework Within a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 22 January 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Juneberry- remove epicormic from base of tree. Cut back branches to clear from phone line. Pre-Height:6m Pre-Width:6m Post-Height:6m Post Width:6m T2 birch- reduce by 50cm back to old cuts. Pre-Height:6.5m Pre-Width:5m Post-Height:6m Post Width:4.5m T3 x2 lime- repollard back to knuckles. Pre-Height:5m Pre-Width:1.5m Post-Height:4m Post Width:1.5m T4 Hawthorn- remove new regrowth back to old cuts (0.3m height and width) Pre-Height:6m Pre-Width:5m Post-Height:5.7m Post Width:4.7m T5 Hawthorn- remove new regrowth back to old cuts (0.3m height) Pre-Height:6m Pre-Width:3m Post-Height:5.7m Post Width:3m

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southside/Newington
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 8 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 St Thomas Road Grange Edinburgh EH9 2LQ. Edinburgh has handled 1,501 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 5 weeks quicker than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 128 applications across Southside/Newington. We hold 597 applications in total for the EH9 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
EH9 2LQ
Application type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Grange + Prestonfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 February 2026
Target decision date
24 February 2026
Permission expires
22 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Pauline Trollip. 3 Meiklerig Cottages Dunbar EH42 1TF

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Edinburgh

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