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22 Hillcrest Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TY

24/00706/TPOConsent under Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 30 April 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Mature Beech tree in front garden (25m in height x 20m crown spread) - Reduce the crown by 20% and thin the inner canopy by15%, taking no more than 2m off any one branch.SUBJECT TO TPO 1191 (31.1.1995)

Received
23 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biggin Hill
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 22 Hillcrest Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TY. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days 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 3TY
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2024
Target decision date
23 February 2024
Permission expires
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Darwin Tree Surgeons
Agent address
Layhams Farm Layhams Road Keston BR2 6AR

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-192120
Documents
3
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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    3 Feb

    Cypress in front garden - Fell. SUBJECT TO TPO 1191 (31.01.1995)

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent Element20/00298/TPO
  2. 2013
    20 Feb

    Crown reduce by 20% one beech tree at front of property SUBJECT TO TPO 1191.

    RefusedTree Preservation Order Consent Element13/00597/TPO
  3. 2013
    20 Feb

    Remove lowest lateral branch growing towards house, lift lower canopy to give a clearance of 2 metres over…

    ApprovedTPO Split Decision13/00597/TPSPLD
  4. 2011
    23 Nov

    Alterations to first floor/roof including increase in ridge height to provide additional first floor…

    ApprovedHouseholder11/03742/FULL6
  5. 2011
    6 Apr

    Fell one Cypress tree in front gardenSUBJECT TO TPO 1191

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent Element11/01023/TPO

Source: Bromley

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