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Snarlton Farm, Snarlton Lane, Melksham, SN12 7QP

PL/2023/09968Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 September 2024

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

Proposal

Change of use of land from agricultural to commercial. Extension to commercial building (Ref: PL/2023/04036), extension specifically falling under use class B2/B8, associated works and associated parking

Submitted
31 January 2024
Ward
Bowerhill ED
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 218 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at SNARLTON FARM, SNARLTON LANE, MELKSHAM, SN12 7QP. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 24 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bowerhill ED. We hold 273 applications in total for the SN12 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
SN12 7QP
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Melksham Without CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2024
Consultation expiry
21 August 2024
Consultation end
21 August 2024
Target decision date
30 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
243 days

Additional information

Documents
15

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.

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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