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35 Esslemont Road Edinburgh EH16 5PY

26/0589/TCOTreework Within a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 August 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Eucalyptus to take this tree down as it is pushing the coping on a shared / dividing wall.

Received
23 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southside/Newington
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 17 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 35 Esslemont Road Edinburgh EH16 5PY. Edinburgh has handled 1,501 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 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 128 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 5PY
Application type
Treework Within a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Grange + Prestonfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Target decision date
7 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Edinburgh

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