The Wheatsheaf Inn, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, RG17 0TE Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/02659 - Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Populus - Remove side leaning limb, reduce crown by 35% and remove any dead wood. T2 Taxus Baccata - Crown lift by 2 meters and remove dead wood. T3 Taxus Baccata - Crown lift by 2 meters remove dead wood. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Apr 2026
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Approved
1 Jun 2026

Approved on 1 Jun 2026 · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 1 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice PDF · 1 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Location Plan Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Sketch Plan Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Sketch Plan Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Application Form · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form Application Form · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Vine Cottage, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 13 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.
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Historic England ↗
North Wessex 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.
Chilton Foliat 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 ↗
Special area of conservation about 70 m away: Kennet & Lambourn Floodplain
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI about 70 m away: Chilton Foliat Meadows SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 3

Last sold for £380,000 in November 2022. Other property, freehold.

22 November 2022£380,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale. One of 2 sales recorded that day
22 November 2022£68,370Leasehold. Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale. One of 2 sales recorded that day
6 November 2015£350,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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
RG17 0TE
Received
24 Apr 2026
Validated
24 Apr 2026
Ward
Aldbourne & Ramsbury
Parish
Chilton Foliat CP
Case officer
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Target decision
1 Jun 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
1 Jun 2026
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, about the council's usual 38 days. 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

2comments received
1 neutral1 supporting

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Change of use of ground floor of detached accommodation barn to 4no. self-contained offic…
PL/2024/10731
2025 Approved
Discharge of conditions 3 (Elevation Drawings of New Openings), 5 (Details of Timber Clad…
PL/2025/02378
2025 Approved
Discharge of Condition 3 - Materials for new accommodation building & Condition 10 - Deta…
PL/2025/00588
2024
Extension of restaurant to rear with servery hatch to kitchen, construction of cellar acc…
PL/2024/03701
2024
Extension of restaurant to rear with servery hatch to kitchen, construction of cellar acc…
PL/2024/03348
2024
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on 20/01218/FUL to amend the proposed site layo…
PL/2024/03175
2024 Approved
Nomination of The Wheatsheaf Inn, Chilton Foliat to be listed as an Asset of Community Va…
ACV/2024/00003
2023 Approved
Tree 1 - (Populus) Remove side leaning limb, reduce crown by 30% and remove any dead wood…
PL/2023/10269
2023 Approved
Change of use of Staff Accommodation and Gallery Space to Guest Accommodation ancillary t…
PL/2023/03985
2023 Approved
Change of use of Staff Accommodation and Gallery Space to Guest Accommodation ancillary t…
PL/2023/03749
2023 Approved
Discharge of Condition No 2 on PL/2023/01602 (Variation of condition 2 of 20/01218/FUL (P…
PL/2023/05571
2023 Approved
Proposed guest accommodation ancillary to the Wheatsheaf PH, including the conversion and…
PL/2023/03563
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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T1 T2 Goat Willow - Reduce by 50% back to the previous pollard points to a pollard. T3 Go…
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2024 Withdrawn
CHILTON COTTAGE, 89, CHILTON FOLIAT, HUNGERFORD, RG17 0TE
Proposed single storey rear extension with associated alterations
PL/2024/11360
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Proposed single storey rear extension with associated alterations
PL/2024/11165
2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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T1 Salix Caprea - Fell.
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2024 Approved
10 Popham Close, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, RG17 0WG
Conversion of loft space into guest bedroom with new pitched roof dormer & skylights
PL/2024/05317
2024 Approved
TANYARD HOUSE, 1 THE TANYARD, CHILTON FOLIAT, HUNGERFORD, RG17 0TG
T1- Salix Chrysocoma Weeping Willow To be removed re pollarded.
PL/2024/02911
2023 Approved
THE WEIRS, CHILTON FOLIAT, HUNGERFORD, RG17 0TG
1 - Clump of Hazel stems - remove 2 - Cherry tree - fell
PL/2023/04000
2023 Approved
DUCK HOUSE, 2 THE TANYARD, CHILTON FOLIAT, HUNGERFORD, WILTSHIRE, RG17 0TG.
Whitebeam tree - Fell. It has a strong lean towards the neighbours side.
PL/2023/00929
2023 Approved
THE BIRCHES, , CHILTON FOLIAT, HUNGERFORD, RG17 0TE
Lawsonia - Fell
PL/2023/00847
2022 Withdrawn
Vine Cottage, B4192 Parish Boundary East To Hungerford Road And Bridge In Chilton Foliat, Chilton Foliat, RG17 0TE
Erection of greenhouse and replacement of part section of garden wall.
PL/2022/05233
2022 Approved
2 THE TANYARD, , CHILTON FOLIAT, HUNGERFORD, RG17 0TG
T1 Maple - Pollard by 50% due to excessive shading. T2 Whitebeam - Reduce by 20% to re-es…
PL/2022/08406
2022 Approved
45 Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, RG17 0TG
Single storey front extension and first floor rear extension over existing ground floor e…
PL/2022/06959
2022 Approved
71, CHILTON FOLIAT, HUNGERFORD, RG17 0TG
(1) - 3 stemmed Beech tree - remove 2 stems and reduce remaining stem by 25% and crown ra…
PL/2022/06315
2022 Approved
75 B4192 Parish Boundary East To Hungerford Road And Bridge In Chilton Foliat, Chilton Foliat, RG17 0TE
G1- Row of approximately 10 conifers with some laurel and elder. Fell- (To be replaced by…
PL/2022/04526
2022 Approved
Newbury House, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, RG17 0TG
Single storey rear extension and porch to front elevation
PL/2022/03145
2022 Approved
MILL RACE HOUSE, , CHILTON FOLIAT, HUNGERFORD, RG17 0TG
T1 & T2 - Reduce 2 Conifers by 30% T3 - Willow Fell
PL/2022/02991
2021 Approved
BRIDGE HOUSE LEVERTON LANE CHILTON FOLIAT HUNGERFORD RG17 0TG
T1 - Walnut tree - crown reduce by 2m back to previous pruning points T2 - Lime tree - cr…
PL/2021/11552
2017 Approved
Mill Cottage Chilton Foliat Hungerford RG17 0TE
Increase in chimney height to 1.8 metres and installation of flue liner to meet current b…
17/10369/FUL
2017 Withdrawn
Waterside 48 Chilton Foliat Hungerford Wiltshire RG17 0TG
Willow tree - reduce height by 8m and sides by 3m
17/00385/TCA
2016 Withdrawn
Mill Race House, Chilton Foliat , Hungerford, Wiltshire, RG17 0TG
T6 /T7 & T8 -Conifer Trees - Remove
16/12309/TCA
2016 Withdrawn
Stud House Chilton Foliat Hungerford Wiltshire RG17 0TE
T - Silver Birch tree - crown reduce by approx 30%
16/04364/TCA
2016 Approved
The Wheatsheaf Inn Chilton Foliat Wiltshire RG17 0TE
Proposed alterations, minor extension, alterations to outbuilding and alterations to park…
15/12723/FUL
Wiltshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#203 of 296 councils
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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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.