4 Whatleys Orchard Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QB

S/TWC/26/0381Tree Works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to Trees within Conservation Area.

Received: 23 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Swindon Borough Council
Ward: Ridgeway

ReceivedReceived23 Mar
ValidatedValidated23 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date4 May
DecidedDecided27 Mar

Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Whatleys Orchard Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QB. Swindon has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 4 days, 6 weeks quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishopstone conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Ridgeway. We hold 2,845 applications in total for the SN6 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Swindon Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SN6 8QB
Application type: Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bishopstone And Hinton Parva

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 March 2026
Target decision date: 4 May 2026
Permission expires: 27 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Shane Burgess
Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 3
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bishopstone
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Swindon

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