Bishopstrow House, Boreham, Warminster, BA12 9HH Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2025/06091 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing outdoor pool and associated walls and replacement with new rectangular outdoor pool. Altering and extending hard and soft landscaping, and proposing new spa facilities. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 18 Jul 2025
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Approved
21 Oct 2025

Approved on 21 Oct 2025 · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Documents 40

Plans & drawings 22

PDF Landscape Proposals Revised Plans/Documents · 14 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Hard and Soft Landscape Specification Revised Plans/Documents · 14 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Site Elevations showing demolitions 1 of 2 Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Site Sectional Elevations as existing 2 of 2 Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Dining Domes Plan and Elevation Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Spa Pavilion and Dispense Bar Elevations - proposed Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Block Plan as proposed Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Site Elevations as proposed 1 of 2 Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Proposed Plan with 2018 Historic Fabric 1 of 2 Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Site Plan showing existing parking Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Bar Pavilion as existing Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Location Plan Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Plan as proposed Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Proposed Plan with 2018 Historic Fabric 2 of 2 Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Site Plan showing proposed Parking Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Block Plan as existing Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Site Elevations as proposed 2 of 2 Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Site Sectional Elevations as existing 1 of 2 Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Plan showing demolitions Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Plan as existing Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Ext Change Room Pavilion Hot Tubs and Pavilion Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Outdoor Pool - Site Elevations showing demolitions 2 of 2 Plan · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 9

8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Knapp Farmhouse, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin · 8 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.
Bishopstrow 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 ↗
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) 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.
Special area of conservation about 136 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 136 m away: Britford Water 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.
Scheduled monument about 136 m away: Bowl barrow immediately east of Bishopstrow House
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 26 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 1 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 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 £6,505,327 in February 2018. Other property, freehold.

14 February 2018£6,505,327Recorded 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
Full planning permission
Postcode
BA12 9HH
Received
around 18 Jul 2025
Validated
18 Jul 2025
Ward
Warminster East ED
Parish
Warminster CP
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Oct 2025
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
21 Oct 2025
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 95 days from validation, 25 days slower than Wiltshire's median of 70 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

36%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
870decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Wiltshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Wiltshire decision record →

Public comments

5comments received
5 neutral

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
29 Sept 2025
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

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: 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.