The Old Rectory, the Street, Chilmark, Salisbury, SP3 5AT Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/02508 - Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

2 Beech (G1) - Crown raise lowest tier of limbs extending to the west over wall by up to 4m above ground level. Reduce remainder of western side of canopy on both trees by up 3m, to suitable growth points and a balanced shape. 4 Limes (G2) - Fell 4 trees and replant with 6 limes to maintain avenue spacing. Two of the trees to be removed are the multi-stemmed sucker regrowth from old stumps. The other two are in poor structural condition, and notably smaller than the remaining limes in the avenue. Note: none of the larger, healthier limes are to be removed. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Apr 2026
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Approved
26 Jun 2026

Approved on 26 Jun 2026 · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice PDF · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Sketch Plan Plan · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Sketch Plan Plan · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Application Form · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form Application Form · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Chilmark conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
18 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: unnamed, about 52 m from the postcode pin · 17 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 18 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Chilmark built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 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 2

Last sold for £4,200,000 in September 2021. Detached house, freehold.

20 September 2021£4,200,000
22 October 2004£2,195,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Wiltshire
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Postcode
SP3 5AT
Received
17 Apr 2026
Validated
17 Apr 2026
Parish
Chilmark CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Jun 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
26 Jun 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 32 days slower than Wiltshire's median of 38 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
1,246decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Wiltshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Wiltshire decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
13 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Mixed species - (G1) - trees overhanging driveway: cut back lateral limbs by up to 1m and…
PL/2024/05989
2022 Approved
A systematic tree survey was carried out by a professional arboriculturist in August 2022…
PL/2022/06735
2022 Approved
Fell 10 Ash and 1 Sycamore Tree - overhanging school & the street.
PL/2022/00233
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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PL/2023/01537
2022 Approved
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Changing existing three bay garage and store into two bay garage and single bed 'granny'…
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2022 Approved
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2017 Refused
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2016 Approved
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Wiltshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#203 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
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Wiltshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #71 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #65 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #225 of 296
55%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #252 of 296
78%
Minor dwellings approved
339 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
48 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
160 decided
3,659
Total decisions
256 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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