11 South Gillsland Road Merchiston Edinburgh EH10 5DE
Refused on 1 April 2026
Council decision: Not make a Tree Preservation OrderDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 - Birch - Reduce the height from 8m to 7m reduce spread from 6m to 4.
- Received
- 23 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Ward
- Morningside
- ReceivedReceived23 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation14 Apr
- TargetTarget Date4 May
- DecidedDecided1 Apr
Decided in 8 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 11 South Gillsland Road Merchiston Edinburgh EH10 5DE. Edinburgh has handled 1,501 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 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 126 applications across Morningside. We hold 1,032 applications in total for the EH10 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
- EH10 5DE
- Application type
- Treework Within a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Merchiston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 14 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 4 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 1 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- John Thompson. 10 South Quarry Way Gorebridge EH23 4GZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Site constraints
Source: Edinburgh
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