The Poplars, Winterbourne Gunner, Salisbury, SP4 6EG Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/03305 - Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area Approved

Proposal

T1 Sycamore - Reducing crown on southern side by up to 4 metres to suitable growth points. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 22:56

Application progress

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Received

22 May 2026

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Approved

25 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 11

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.

Winterbourne Dauntsey conservation area

Also Winterbourne Gunner. 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 ↗

Public footpath about 23 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

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

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Special area of conservation about 413 m away: River Avon; SSSI about 413 m away: Britford Water Meadows SSSI; Inside the Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Earls built-up area; Priority habitat about 12 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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 1

Last sold for £565,000 in May 2009. Detached house, freehold.

29 May 2009£565,000

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: SP4 6EG
Received: 22 May 2026
Validated: 22 May 2026
Ward: Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley ED
Parish: Winterbourne CP
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Jun 2026
Decision: No Objection
Decision date: 25 Jun 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 4 days faster than Wiltshire's median of 38 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one34d

Council38d

UK36d

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: 19 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2020 Withdrawn

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T1 - Ash tree - reduction of 4 large overhanging limbs to the north by 3 - 4 metres

20/11228/TCA 24 Jan 2021

2020 Withdrawn

The Poplars Winterbourne Gunner SP4 6EG

T1 - Sycamore tree - reduce lower lateral crown by 1m & crown thin by 10%

20/04252/TCA 18 Jun 2020

2019 Withdrawn

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T1 & T2 - two Beech trees - crown reduce 3m T3 - Chestnut tree - crown reduce 3m T4 - Con…

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2018 Approved

The Beeches Winterbourne Gunner Salisbury SP4 6EQ

Proposed Single Storey Rear Extension

18/02851/FUL 30 May 2018

2016 Withdrawn

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Change of use small area of low grade agricultural (grazing) land to provide vehicle park…

16/02161/FUL 16 Mar 2016

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

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