Toplands Farm, Slaughterford, Chippenham, SN14 8RD
Approved on 14 March 2024
Council decision: No Objection
Proposal
T1 - Oak. Mature oak with excessive lean over highway and BT lines. Oak has extensive decay on the rear side of the tree (see photos) in two areas leaving only one buttress supporting the already leaning tree and heavily biased canopy. Poses risk to highw
- Submitted
- 7 February 2024
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- By Brook ED
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Feb
- ValidatedValidated7 Feb
- Consult.Consultation6 Mar
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided14 Mar
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at TOPLANDS FARM, SLAUGHTERFORD, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 8RD. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across By Brook ED. We hold 2,034 applications in total for the SN14 postcode area.
99% of trees 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
- SN14 8RD
- Application type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Biddestone & Slaughterford CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 February 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 6 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 6 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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.
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© 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.
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Source: Wiltshire
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