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Rock Arch Cottage, Stourton, Warminster, Wilts, BA12 6QB

PL/2023/08788Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 27 March 2024

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Installation of retaining wall to sloping rear ground. Installation of French drain to property. Replacement of existing oil storage tank in new position.

Submitted
3 November 2023
Ward
Mere ED
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target29 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 145 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Rock Arch Cottage, Stourton, Warminster, Wilts, BA12 6QB. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 14 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Stourton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Mere ED. We hold 1,459 applications in total for the BA12 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
BA12 6QB
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stourton with Gasper CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2023
Consultation expiry
12 March 2024
Consultation end
12 March 2024
Target decision date
29 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
147 days

Additional information

Documents
19

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: Stourton
  • Registered park and garden: Stourhead
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
  • Ancient woodland: Bonham Hanging
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    9 Sep

    Discharge of condition 4 (CEMP) on PL/2023/08788

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPL/2025/07332
  2. 2023
    3 Nov

    Installation of retaining wall to sloping rear ground. Installation of French drain to property. Replacement…

    This applicationApprovedFullPL/2023/08788

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