20 Union Street, Trowbridge, BA14 8RU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Use of the top floor as an office (a small room at the front of the building) and the larger room being used for talking therapies/staff room Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 5 Aug 2026 · Last checked 21 Aug 2026
Documents 24
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 2
Other documents 14
Site constraints 4
Show all 38 with distances
- 22 mSt James's HallGrade II
- 35 m9, Union StreetGrade II
- 53 mUnion Street AlmshousesGrade II
- 53 mEmmanuel Baptist Church With Archway at North West EndGrade II
- 61 mZion ChapelGrade II
- 65 mVergers CottagesGrade II
- 68 mNos 16 and 17 Incorporating the Former National SchoolsGrade II
- 71 mStreet Wall Fronting Union Street Almshouses and Nos 18 and 19 Church StreetGrade II
- 77 m32, Duke StreetGrade II
- 83 m29 and 29a, Duke StreetGrade II
- 87 m12, Church StreetGrade II
- 88 mGate and Gate Piers to Emmanuel Baptist ChurchGrade II
- 92 m10 and 11, Church StreetGrade II
- 95 m9, Church StreetGrade II
- 101 mThe Old Vestry Rooms (Premises of Messrs Sweetland)Grade II
- 103 mFive Table Tombs in Churchyard of Parish Church of St JamesGrade II
- 105 m13, Duke StreetGrade II
- 106 m16, Duke StreetGrade II
- 108 mDuke Street Mill (Now Part of Watney's Bottling Plant)Grade II
- 110 mHouse Adjoining House at Rear of No 7 Church Street to North EastGrade II
- 112 mFormer Institute to East of the Sunday SchoolGrade II
- 112 mHouse at Rear of No 7 Church StreetGrade II
- 116 m7, Church StreetGrade II
- 118 mBuilding at Rear of No 11Grade II
- 119 m3-5, Church WalkGrade II
- 119 mWaterloo PlaceGrade II
- 120 mThe White Swan Public HouseGrade II
- 123 m6, Church WalkGrade II
- 124 mParish Church of St JamesGrade I
- 127 m5, Church StreetGrade II
- 138 m11 and 12, Cross StreetGrade II
- 138 m3 and 4, Church StreetGrade II
- 139 mFormer Sunday School Attached to the TabernacleGrade II
- 142 m11 and 12, Church WalkGrade II
- 145 mGabled Archway to South East of ChurchGrade II
- 146 m2, Church StreetGrade II
- 147 m24, Church StreetGrade II
- 147 m12 and 13, Church WalkGrade II
Checked on 2 November 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.
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How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, 14 days faster than Wiltshire's median of 69 for changes of use. Approved, as 86% of changes of use here are.
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Public comments
Last counted 21 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 9 Jul 2026
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