Home Farm, Shaw Hill, Shaw, Melksham, SN12 8EW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Reserved matters planning application for the erection of 2No. dwellings with all matters reserved apart from appearance, landscaping and scale. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026
Documents 29
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 13
Plans & drawings 8
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 4
Other documents 1
Site constraints 3
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 Planning Inspectorate 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
How this decision compares
Decided in 114 days from validation, 44 days slower than Wiltshire's median of 70 for new homes. Approved, as 70% of new homes here are.
Plota live figures for new homes decided by Wiltshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Wiltshire decision record →
Public comments
40% object · below the UK average of 74%
Last counted 19 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 20 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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