National Trust, High Street, Stourton, Warminster, BA12 6QD Data via plota.co.uk
PL/2026/05141 - Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
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T1 Mature Purple Beech tree - Fell. Data via plota.co.uk
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14 Aug 2026
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Approved
21 Sept 2026
Approved on 21 Sept 2026 · Last checked 26 Sept 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 9
15 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Estate Office, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade I, 13 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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- 1 mThe Estate OfficeGrade II
- 28 mStourton Post Office and StoresGrade II
- 39 m87 and 88, High StreetGrade II
- 48 mGate Piers and Wall Between Stourton Club and the Spread EagleGrade II
- 48 mThe Spread Eagle InnGrade II
- 49 m89, High StreetGrade II
- 66 mStourton Club With East Side of Spread Eagle YardGrade II
- 68 mBarnes Monument in the Churchyard About 1.5 Metres North of Church of St PeterGrade II
- 70 mChurchyard Cross About 10 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St PeterGrade II
- 74 mCircular Monument in the Churchyard About 8 Metres North of Tower of Church of St PeterGrade II
- 75 mThe Bristol High CrossGrade I
- 78 mThree Faugoin Monuments in the Churchyard Between 1.5 and 5 Metres North of Tower of Church of St PeterGrade II
- 79 mTwo Hoare Monuments in the Churchyard About 1 Metre East of Church of St PeterGrade II
- 79 mChurch of St PeterGrade I
- 89 mHoare Monument in the Churchyard About 13 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St PeterGrade II
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Registered park or garden: Stourhead
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Stourton 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.
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. A site survey can differ.
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.
Scheduled monument about 73 m away: Bristol High Cross
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
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Priority habitat about 11 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt
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.
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How this decision compares
Decided in 38 days from validation, about the council's usual 38 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one38d
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 26 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 8 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
39 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2025
Approved
00140 Metasequoia Glyptostroboides - fell tree due to damage on base of tree and old spli…
2025
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Erection of a new shelter and replacement of external doors
2024
Approved
All tree works as listed in attached Schedule
2024
Approved
Ash Tree ID number 02118 - fell
2024
Approved
1 The High Street, Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 6QF Reduction of two cherry tree…
2023
Approved
South Bank – East Side: T00132 Carpinus Betulus (pollard) Coppice. T00133 Carpinus Betulu…
2023
Approved
Please see accompanying description of works as 3000 characters is not enough to provide…
2023
Approved
The proposal is for 32 new electrical vehicle charging points to be fitted in an existing…
2023
Approved
The proposal for works concerns the trees below (please see included map). Ash Tag no. 02…
2022
Approved
Fell 33 Ash trees In the main visitor car park We have surveyed 23 Ash trees in the car a…
2022
Approved
We are keen to undertake a sympathetic pruning of the Holm Oak Quercus ilex sited to the…
2021
Approved
Bay, Holly and Portuguese Laurel cover directly behind Estate Office, out of context, low…
2016
Approved
Construct 2 sets of composting clamps adjacent the pump house bio-mass boiler.
2016
Withdrawn
Construct 2 sets of composting clamps adjacent the pump house bio-mass boiler.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
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2025
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Footpath improvement works including associated engineering and landscaping works and new…
2025
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2025
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NATIONAL TRUST, HIGH STREET, STOURHEAD, STOURTON, WARMINSTER, BA12 6QD
Cherry Tree 1: removal Cherry Tree 2: removal Two Beech trees to be felled
2022
Approved
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Installation of additional signage, (free) parking ticket machines and dog waste bins at…
2022
Approved
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Temporary use of land for Christmas at Stourhead event 2022
2021
Approved
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Natural play area
2020
Approved
Stourton Club Memorial Hall Church Lawn Stourton BA12 6QE
Proposed insertion of moulded lead storm water overflow into the turret of the memorial h…
2019
Approved
St Peters Church Church Lawn High Street Stourton BA12 6QE
Replacement roofs of nave and south aisle roofs from lead to terne coated stainless steel…
2019
Withdrawn
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Quercus cerris (T1) - crown lift to allow light and air circulation to overshadowed Pear…
2019
Approved
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Proposed timber prefabricated hut
2019
Approved
89 Church Lawn High Street Stourton BA12 6QE
To remove existing plastic oil tank and pipework. To replace with Air Source Heat Pump wi…
2018
Approved
Ponticum House High Street Stourhead Stourton Wiltshire BA12 6QD
Remove 2 oil tanks associated pipework and oil fired boiler; install with concrete pad ba…
2018
Approved
National Trust High Street Stourton Wiltshire BA12 6QD
The National Trust wishes to replace an existing smaller timber shed, located 50m away, w…
2017
Approved
National Trust High Street Stourton Warminster Wiltshire BA12 6QD
Alterations to the North Facade of the Car Park Restuarant Building
2017
Approved
National Trust High Street Stourton BA12 6QD
Creation of new temporary storytelling hub located adjacent to a pathway leading away fro…
2017
Approved
Stourhead House High Street Stourton Wiltshire BA12 6QD
To demolish an existing (modern circa 1980) timber electrical cupboard in the basement co…
2017
Approved
Boat House Church Lawn High Street Stourton Wiltshire BA12 6QE
Replace metal roof covering with welsh slate; conservation repairs; door alterations
2017
Withdrawn
National Trust High Street STOURTON BA12 6QD
Sycamore T1, An overall crown reduction of the canopy (3-4m/20%) Beech Group T2- A group…
2016
Approved
Church Lawn High Street Stourton BA12 6QE
Extending and reconfiguring an existing car park to improve the main visitor pedestrian a…
2016
Withdrawn
Land West of National Trust Regional Office High Street STOURTON BA12 6QE
T1 Reduce limb on Sycamore and Holly at rear of Cricket Pavilion area. T2 Fell 2 suppress…
2016
Withdrawn
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Cypressus tree - fell
2016
Withdrawn
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2016
Approved
87 Church Lawn High Street Stourton BA12 6QE
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Approved
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Wiltshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#203 of 296 councils
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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.
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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
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