MOD Lyneham, Calne Road, Lyneham, Chippenham, SN15 4EU Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2025/06157 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Installation of ground mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar arrays; inverter station; landscaping; fencing and other ancillary infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 29 Jul 2025
✗
Appeal dismissed
10 Nov 2025
✓
Approved
25 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Documents 34

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Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 October 2026. 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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Important details

Council
Wiltshire
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
SN15 4EU
Received
around 29 Jul 2025
Validated
29 Jul 2025
Ward
Lyneham ED
Parish
Lyneham and Bradenstoke CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Jun 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
25 Jun 2026
Appeal
Dismissed · 10 Nov 2025 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3370700 ↗

How this decision compares

Decided in 331 days from validation, 263 days slower than Wiltshire's median of 68 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

38%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
854decided 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

11comments received
2 objecting9 neutral

18% object · below the UK average of 74%

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Feb 2026
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