Garden Cottage, the Butts, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Walnut tree to be reduced in height and thinned out by two thirds. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 16 Apr 2026 · Last checked 21 Aug 2026
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 2
Site constraints 10
Show all 7 with distances
- 6 mGarden CottageGrade II
- 11 m6 and 7, the ButtsGrade II
- 20 mChimes CottageGrade II
- 37 mStonecrop SunnysideGrade II
- 40 mWestburyGrade II
- 69 mMountjoy FarmhouseGrade II
- 72 mField FarmhouseGrade II
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £312,000 in September 2011. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2011, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 35 days from validation, about the council's usual 38 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Wiltshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Wiltshire decision record →
Public comments
Last counted 21 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 3 Apr 2026
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Wiltshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #225 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 55% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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