Old Silk Mill, Brook Hill, Sherston, Malmesbury, SN16 0NG
Approved on 20 September 2022
Council decision: No Objection
Proposal
We have a fully grown lime tree which is very rotten at the base of the tree. It needs to come down as soon as possible as i believe it is in a dangerous state.
- Submitted
- 23 August 2022
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- Sherston ED
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Aug
- ValidatedValidated23 Aug
- Consult.Consultation16 Sep
- TargetTarget Date4 Oct
- DecidedDecided20 Sep
Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at OLD SILK MILL, BROOK HILL, SHERSTON, MALMESBURY, SN16 0NG. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sherston conservation area. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Sherston ED. We hold 1,721 applications in total for the SN16 postcode area.
99% of trees applications at Wiltshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SN16 0NG
- Application type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sherston CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 August 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 16 September 2022
- Consultation end
- 16 September 2022
- Target decision date
- 4 October 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Sherston
- National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202626 Oct
Remove 2/3 Willow trees.
PendingApplicationPL/2026/06877 - 20254 Nov
Beech Hedge - Reduce to around 3.75m and Reduce width over pavement and car park.
ApprovedTreesPL/2025/08787 - 202510 Jul
Replace an existing window with a fire evacuation door.
ApprovedFull planning permissionPL/2025/05863 - 20251 May
Installation of nine EV car charging points
ApprovedFull planning permissionPL/2025/03801 - 202420 Nov
Removing of lower branches of 6 lime trees up to the crown.
ApprovedTreesPL/2024/10580 - 202423 May
Replace existing asbestos cement roof (leaking) with modern insulated metal sheet roof.
ApprovedFull planning permissionPL/2024/04762 - 202420 Feb
Cracked Willow - Remove one branch
ApprovedTreesPL/2024/01806 - 202329 Aug
Lime tree - fell
ApprovedTreesPL/2023/07346
Source: Wiltshire
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