49, 51 & 53 (Rowden Hill House), Rowden Hill, Chippenham, SN15 2AN Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2025/09364 - Listed building consent Submitted

Proposal

Redevelopment and renovation of the existing site and buildings, including changes of use and associated internal and external alterations, to create within the retained buildings: 1no. detached dwelling (no.51 Rowden Hill); 5no. flats (no.53 Rowden Hill – ‘Rowden Hill House’); a terrace of 4no. dwellings (no.49 Rowden Hill); installation of photovoltaics and air source heat pumps. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 28 Nov 2025
Decision
Target date was 27 Feb 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 15 Sept 2026; it is now day 348.

The consultation period closed on 15 Sept 2026.

Documents 112

Plans & drawings 86

PDF 999-3-31B PR site plan.pdf Revised Plans/Documents · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 999-3-102 PR public open space plan.pdf Additional · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Access Arrangements Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Swept Path Analysis Large Car Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Swept Path Analysis Large 4 Axle Refuse 2 of 2 Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Swept Path Analysis Large 4 Axle Refuse 1 of 2 Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 Ground Floor Plan Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 Ground Floor Plan Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing 21A Street Elevation Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan Superseded · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 Bins Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Street Elevation Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49 Storage and Bins Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 First Floor Plan Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 South and West Elevations Revised Plans/Documents · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Self Build Seperation Distances Plan · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 49 Outbuilding Plan · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Street Elevation Superseded · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 First Floor Pan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 51 Roof Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PR 53 Conservation Details 1 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 North Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49e Elevations Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 West Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing and Proposed 49 Gateway Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PR 53 Conservation Details 6 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49 East and South Elevations Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 53 East Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 Conservation Details - 2 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49 Ground Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 East Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 53 Roof Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49 West and North Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 51 Ground Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan Superseded · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49 First Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PR 53 Conservation Details 2 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 Roof Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PR 53 Conservation Details 5 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Site Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 North and East Elevations Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PR 51 Conservation Details 5 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49e Plans Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49e Materials Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 Ground Floor Plan Superseded · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 49 First Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 South Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Street Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 Boundary Wall & Gates Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Soakaway Testing Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Outline & Full Planning Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 First Floor Plan Superseded · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49 Conservation Details - 3 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 Basement Pan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 51 South and West Elevations Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Bin Strategy Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49 Conservation Details - 1 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Landscaping Treatments Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 53 Second Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 53 South Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 53 Basement Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 49 East and South Elevations Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 49 Roof Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 Conservation Details - 3 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 53 North Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 South and West Elevations Superseded · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Self Build Areas Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 Storage and Bins Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 Conservation Details - 4 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 49 West and North Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 Second Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49 Roof Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 51 North and East Elevations Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 53 Ground Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 Conservation Details - 1 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 49 Conservation Details - 2 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PR 53 Conservation Details 7 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PR 53 Conservation Details 4 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 53 Roof Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 53 First Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 49 Ground Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed 51 Ground Floor Plan Superseded · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 53 West Elevation Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing 51 First Floor Plan Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PR 53 Conservation Details 3 Plan · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Wiltshire Area Health Authority Headquarters, Grade II, about 26 m from the postcode pin · 3 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1966 m away: Lime Down Solar Project; Inside the Chippenham (Wiltshire) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 Planning Inspectorate, 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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Important details

Council
Wiltshire
Application type
Listed building consent
Postcode
SN15 2AN
Received
around 28 Nov 2025
Validated
28 Nov 2025
Ward
Chippenham Lowden & Rowden ED
Parish
Chippenham CP
Case officer
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Decision outlook

Day 348, past the statutory target. 76% of listed building works in Wiltshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Nov 2026.

Day 348257 days past the 91-day target
49%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
663decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Wiltshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Wiltshire decision record →

Public comments

5comments received
1 objecting4 neutral

20% object · below the UK average of 74%

Last counted 7 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
15 Sept 2026
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