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Frogshole Farm, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8EY

OTH/2023/1841Tree Preservation Order - works relatedApproved

Approved on 29 November 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

TPO NO 1,2016 - creation of concrete slab and patio works within vicinity of tree refs Oak(T2), (T3) and (T4). Concrete / Patio areas to be edged with timber or similar, pinned into place at above ground level and not excavated in. Remove all major protrusions such as rocks and stones, level ground where necessary with sharps sand (relatively load bearing and not toxic to roots) and/or no-fines stone where, sharps sand may migrate from the newly levelled area, lay a geotextile membrane over the area finish with appropriate surface. Part retrospective - concrete slab has been installed. It has been advised by the tree officer (Mr P Cook) that an application should be made.

Received
3 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biddenden
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Frogshole Farm, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, TN27 8EY. Ashford has handled 816 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Biddenden. We hold 349 applications in total for the TN27 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Ashford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN27 8EY
Application type
Tree Preservation Order - works related
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Biddenden

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2023
Consultation expiry
29 November 2023
Consultation start
6 October 2023
Consultation end
29 November 2023
Application expires
1 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12501738
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Ashford

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