Bencroft House, Bencroft Hill, Stanley, Chippenham, SN15 3RQ

PL/2023/06032Circular 14/90 - Electricity Overhead Lines notificationApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 29 August 2023

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

Installation of third span of overhead line (OHL) to existing High Voltage (HV) Network.

Submitted: 20 July 2023
Council: Wiltshire Council
Ward: Calne Rural ED

ReceivedSubmitted20 Jul
ValidatedValidated20 Jul
Consult.Consultation17 Aug
TargetTarget Date31 Aug
DecidedDecided29 Aug

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Bencroft House, Bencroft Hill, Stanley, Chippenham, SN15 3RQ. Wiltshire has handled 81 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Calne Rural ED. We hold 909 applications in total for the SN15 postcode area.

95% of all 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: SN15 3RQ
Application type: Circular 14/90 - Electricity Overhead Lines notification
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bremhill CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 17 August 2023
Consultation end: 17 August 2023
Target decision date: 31 August 2023
Permission expires: 31 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

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.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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.

Source: Wiltshire

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