37A Silver Street, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1JX Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/03031 - Prior approval part 3 Class G - COU from Use Class E, Betting Office or Pay Day Loan Shop to a mixed use including up to 2 Flats Approved

Proposal

Prior approval part 3 Class G - COU from Use Class E - Offices to a mixed use live/work unit (First floor office/meeting room, kitchen for both uses, second floor living room and bedroom and shower room/WC for both uses) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
21 May 2026
Approved
20 Jul 2026

Approved on 20 Jul 2026 · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 19

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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 ↗
Bradford on Avon No 1 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 Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Bradford-on-Avon built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Wiltshire
Application type
Prior approval part 3 Class G - COU from Use Class E, Betting Office or Pay Day Loan Shop to a mixed use including up to 2 Flats
Postcode
BA15 1JX
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Bradford-on-Avon South ED
Parish
Bradford-on-Avon CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Jul 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decision date
20 Jul 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 60 days from validation, 6 days faster than Wiltshire's median of 66 for changes of use. Approved, as 83% of changes of use here are.

38%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
161decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wiltshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Wiltshire decision record →

Public comments

4comments received
4 neutral

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
18 Jun 2026
Wiltshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#203 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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