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PL/2026/02962 - Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T4 Mature Beech - Reduce crown by 4m back to live wood. T5 Mature Beech - Crown reduction by 3m back to sound live wood. T6 Mature Beech - Appeared dead at time of survey, is now obviously mostly dead apart from three or four branches with sparse leaves - Fell. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 May 2026
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Approved
16 Jun 2026

Approved on 16 Jun 2026 · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice PDF · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Sketch Plan Plan · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Sketch Plan Plan · 7 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Application Form · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form Application Form · 7 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Little Manor Farmhouse, Grade II, about 2 m from the postcode pin · 7 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 ↗
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.
Britford 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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special area of conservation about 232 m away: River Avon
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.
Also on the record
SSSI about 232 m away: Britford Water Meadows SSSI; Open access land about 15 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Priority habitat about 38 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
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 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.

Building

Floor area154 m² (1,658 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (62 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built1967 to 1975
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2021, 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

Council
Wiltshire
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Postcode
SP5 4DU
Received
8 May 2026
Validated
8 May 2026
Ward
Downton & Ebble Valley ED
Parish
Britford CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jun 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
16 Jun 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 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

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Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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4 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
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Construction of ancillary accommodation with the curtilage of Manor Farm Grange and assoc…
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2025 Approved
Thatch Cottage, Lower Road, Britford, Salisbury, Wilts, SP5 4DU
Installation of a free standing Shepherds Hut for home working
PL/2024/10976
2025 Approved
BROOKMEAD, LOWER ROAD, BRITFORD, SALISBURY, SP5 4DU
Willow tree - Pollard to prevent overhanging of shed & removal of deadwood.
PL/2025/00929
2024 Approved
Land Rear of HORNBEAM HOUSE, LOWER ROAD, BRITFORD, SALISBURY, SP5 4DU
Ash Tree - Fell
PL/2024/01152
2023 Approved
Brookmead, Lower Road, Britford, Salisbury, SP5 4DU
Single storey rear extension and associated works
PL/2023/07125
2023 Approved
Little Manor Farm House, Lower Road, Britford, Salisbury SP5 4DU
Removal and replacement of specific windows as indicated and replacement with timber cott…
PL/2023/02771
2022 Approved
HORNBEAM HOUSE, LOWER ROAD, BRITFORD, SALISBURY, SP5 4DU
7 x Beech trees - reduce height by 6m
PL/2022/00386
2022 Withdrawn
HORNBEAM HOUSE, LOWER ROAD, BRITFORD, SALISBURY, SP5 4DU
Reduce 7 Beech Trees by approx 6m in height
PL/2022/00522
2020 Approved
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Change of use part paddock to residential & construction of 3 bay car barn
20/02135/FUL
2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
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General refurbishment of cottage. Glazed link to single storey extension. Replacement gar…
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2018 Withdrawn
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Fell 1 Poplar and Pollard 1 Poplar to 12 Metres
18/09926/TCA
2017 Approved
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Continuing use of outbuilding for yoga and meditation workshops
16/12409/FUL
2016 Approved
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Extension to front porch and alterations to existing boundary wall; new boundary wall wit…
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Proposed construction of workshop in rear garden
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Four fruit trees - fell
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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%).

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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

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.