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3 Ross Road Edinburgh EH16 5QN

26/0141/TCOTreework Within a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 18 March 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prunus avium - Crown thin 20% and 1.5m reduction over clients garden, Ilex aquifolium - Remove limb that has damaged the clients wall.

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southside/Newington
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 0 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Ross Road Edinburgh EH16 5QN. Edinburgh has handled 1,501 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 4 weeks quicker than Edinburgh's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Southside/Newington. We hold 337 applications in total for the EH16 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
EH16 5QN
Application type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Grange + Prestonfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
8 April 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026
Permission expires
18 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ryan Evans. Castle Trees Arborists. 26 Pincott Drive Edinburgh EH17 8ZQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Edinburgh

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