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3 Whatleys Orchard Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QB

S/TWC/26/0978Tree Works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 September 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Works to Trees Within a Conservation Area.

Received
5 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 3 November 2026
Ward
Chiseldon & Ridgeway
Agent
Arbor Landscapes (Tree Service) Ltd
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Whatleys Orchard Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QB. Swindon has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishopstone conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Chiseldon & 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
5 August 2026
Target decision date
16 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Arbor Landscapes (Tree Service) Ltd
Agent address
Arbor Landscapes (Tree Service) Ltd 4 Austin Road Cirencester Glos GL7 1BT

Planning decision

Case officer
James Peck
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15134989
Documents
4
Constraints
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: 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.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Mar

    Works to Trees within Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTree Works in a Conservation AreaS/TWC/26/0366

Source: Swindon

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