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Giffords Lowbourne, Melksham, SN12 7DY

PL/2023/02537Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 3 May 2023

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

T2 Cherry reduce the 2 long lateral branches over the lawn with wound at base by up to 2 metres. T6 Cherry Reduce the long lateral branch over the wall by up to 2 metres T7 Cherry Reduce approx 6 upper branches by up to 1 metre to contain the shape.

Submitted
29 March 2023
Ward
Melksham Forest ED
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided3 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Giffords Lowbourne, Melksham, SN12 7DY. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Melksham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Melksham Forest ED. We hold 273 applications in total for the SN12 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
SN12 7DY
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melksham CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023
Consultation expiry
21 April 2023
Consultation end
21 April 2023
Target decision date
10 May 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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: Melksham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Source: Wiltshire

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