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Devizes Library, Sheep Street, Devizes, Wilts, SN10 1DL

PL/2023/05321Wiltshire Council R3Approved

Approved on 15 September 2023

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Installation of monocrystalline photovoltaic panels on the flat roof of the library

Submitted
21 July 2023
Ward
Devizes North ED
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Devizes Library, Sheep Street, Devizes, Wilts, SN10 1DL. Wiltshire has handled 22,514 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Devizes conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Devizes North ED. We hold 1,890 applications in total for the SN10 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SN10 1DL
Application type
Wiltshire Council R3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Devizes CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2023
Consultation expiry
24 August 2023
Consultation end
24 August 2023
Target decision date
15 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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: Devizes
  • 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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