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Pumphouse Cottage, Crofton, Marlborough, SN8 3DW

PL/2023/07900Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 November 2023

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from vacant, former cottage tied to pumping station employment, to Kennet & Avon Canal Trust administration office on upper floor with visitor refreshment facilities on ground floor.

Submitted
15 September 2023
Ward
Pewsey Vale East ED
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Pumphouse Cottage, Crofton, Marlborough, SN8 3DW. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 165 applications across Pewsey Vale East ED. We hold 2,881 applications in total for the SN8 postcode area.

93% of full 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
SN8 3DW
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Great Bedwyn CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2023
Consultation expiry
20 October 2023
Consultation end
20 October 2023
Target decision date
14 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 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.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Meadow CottageOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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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