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Stowford Manor Farm, Farleigh Road, Wingfield, Trowbridge, BA14 9LH

PL/2023/08085Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premisesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 November 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Granted

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

Proposal

The installation of 78No. roof mounted solar PV panels on 2 No. buildings at Stowford Manor Farm, BA14 9LH of total installed capacity 31.98kWp

Submitted
20 September 2023
Ward
Winsley & Westwood ED
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Oct
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Stowford Manor Farm, Farleigh Road, Wingfield, Trowbridge, BA14 9LH. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Winsley & Westwood ED. We hold 2,267 applications in total for the BA14 postcode area.

80% of outline 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
BA14 9LH
Application type
Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premises
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wingfield CP

Planning application dates

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Green belt: Wiltshire

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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