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Land at Blackmore Farm, Sandridge Common, Melksham, SN12 7QS

PL/2023/11188Outline planning permission: Some matters reservedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 May 2025

Council decision: Approve with Conditions27 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of agricultural buildings and development of up to 500 dwellings; up to 5,000 square metres of employment (class E(g)(i)) & class E(g)(ii)); land for primary school (class F1); land for mixed-use hub (class E / class F); open space; provision o

Submitted
27 December 2023
Ward
Bowerhill ED
  1. Received27 Dec
  2. Validated27 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 502 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land at Blackmore Farm, Sandridge Common, Melksham, SN12 7QS. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 502 days, 65 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bowerhill ED. We hold 274 applications in total for the SN12 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
SN12 7QS
Application type
Outline planning permission: Some matters reserved
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
500
Parish
Melksham Without CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 December 2023
Consultation expiry
28 February 2025
Consultation end
28 February 2025
Target decision date
12 May 2025
Committee meeting
23 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
502 days

Additional information

Documents
198

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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