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5 Steeple Heights Drive Biggin Hill TN16 3UN

12/04035/TPOTree Preservation Order Consent ElementApproved

Approved on 18 February 2013

Council decision: Consent (Only for Tree Works / Haz Subs)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce height of 3 ash trees by 4 metres and reduce lateral spread of right hand tree by 1 metre and remove lowest branch, all trees on rear boundary of back garden SUBJECT TO TPO 539

Received
27 December 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biggin Hill
Agent
Tree Craft Ltd
  1. Received27 Dec
  2. Validated27 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Feb
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Steeple Heights Drive Biggin Hill TN16 3UN. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Biggin Hill. We hold 2,970 applications in total for the TN16 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN16 3UN
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Consent Element
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 December 2012
Consultation expiry
1 February 2013
Consultation end
1 February 2013
Neighbour consultation start
11 January 2013
Neighbour consultation end
1 February 2013
Last date for comments
11 February 2013
Target decision date
21 February 2013
Permission expires
18 February 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tree Craft Ltd
Agent address
16 Hillside Farm Rushmore Hill Knockholt Kent TN14 7NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02371656
Documents
7
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Bromley

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