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1 Steeple Heights Drive, Biggin Hill, TN16 3UN

23/04204/TPOConsent under Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 9 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Tall skinny Ash tree - Remove the largest limb leaning towards the house. Reduce the remainder by approx 3m, leaving the other growth lower down to continue growing.T2 Skinny Sycamore - Reduce by approx. 3m (same height as T1).T3 Large Ash tree - Reduce by approx. 4m.T4 Sycamore tree - Reduce by 3-4m.SUBJECT TO TPO 539 (22.7.1988)

Received
31 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biggin Hill
  1. Received31 Aug
  2. Validated31 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 131 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Steeple Heights Drive, Biggin Hill, TN16 3UN. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 11 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Biggin Hill. We hold 2,971 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
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 August 2023
Target decision date
26 October 2023
Permission expires
9 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Heartwood Arboriculture
Agent address
Crabbett Wood Farm Stables Itchingwood Common Road Limpsfield RH8 0RJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-135903
Documents
4
Constraints
1

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)

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

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: Bromley

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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