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Chiseldon Cemetery Butts Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NW

S/TWC/26/0475Tree Works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 May 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

Proposal

Works to Trees WIthin a Conservation area. T42 Whitebeam Tree Removal section fell dead Whitebeam tree to as close to ground level as possible. T39 Crown reduce Whitebeam tree by approximately 3m (30%) to leave a natural shape

Received
10 April 2026
Ward
Chiseldon & Ridgeway
Agent
West Country Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Chiseldon Cemetery Butts Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NW. Swindon has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in the Chiseldon conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Chiseldon & Ridgeway. We hold 900 applications in total for the SN4 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
SN4 0NW
Application type
Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chiseldon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2026
Target decision date
22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
West Country Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Orchard House 236 New Road Melksham SN12 7QZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
James Mckellar
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14831701
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Chiseldon
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • 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 (20)

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, 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Swindon

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