Haddington – Preservation Order for Landmark Lime Tree
What is planned?
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
THE EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL (land adjacent to 12 Seggersdean Terrace, Haddington)
TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (TPO) No. 151 (2025)
EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL hereby gives Notice that it appears to them as Planning Authority for East Lothian that it is expedient to make provision for the preservation of the tree specified in the Schedule to the above Order. This Tree Preservation Order is being promoted to secure the retention of a large mature lime tree. The mature tree forms a landmark feature at the southeastern entrance to Haddington, contributing significantly to the character and identity of the streetscape. It greatly enhances the visual amenity of the area and provides an essential landscape setting for the housing at Seggarsdean Terrace. Its presence creates a strong visual and ecological connection with the mature tree canopy of Amisfield Park Local Garden and Designed Landscape and the Haddington Conservation Area to the north.
Accordingly the Council have on the 2 September 2025 made an Order under Sections 160 and 161 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 prohibiting the cutting down, topping, lopping, uprooting, wilful damaging or destruction of the trees specified in the First Schedule thereto.
The Order can be viewed on the Councils' website
Copies of the Order and the map referred to therein may be inspected by any person, free of charge at Haddington Library, Lodge Street, Haddington during opening hours. Representations with respect to the Order may be made to the Council in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation Order and Trees in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2010. This means that any representation must be made in writing, shall state the grounds thereof and shall specify the mature woodland in respect of which the Order is made and any representation must be received by the Council no later than 10 October 2025.
Representations should be made in writing and addressed to Graeme Marsden, Planning Service Manager (Chief Planning Officer), John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, or by email to environment@eastlothian.gov.uk.
Carlo Domenico Grilli
Proper Officer of East Lothian Council Service Manager - Governance
2 September 2025
Open to feedback
From
2-Sept-2025
To
10-Oct-2025
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