Land Adjacent to Wyke Road, Hilperton, Trowbridge, BA14 7NT Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2025/08733 - Consent under Tree Preservation Orders Approved

Proposal

G1 - Group of 4 Willow trees to be re-pollarded to previous points. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 3 Nov 2025
✓
Approved
15 Dec 2025

Approved on 15 Dec 2025 · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Trowbridge built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 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
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Postcode
BA14 7NT
Received
around 3 Nov 2025
Validated
3 Nov 2025
Ward
Hilperton ED
Parish
Hilperton CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Dec 2025
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
15 Dec 2025

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 39 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
1,837decided 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

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Last counted 9 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
26 Nov 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