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6 Priory Cottages, Alton Priors, Marlborough, SN8 4JY

PL/2024/08202Householder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 28 November 2024

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of detached garage

Submitted
5 September 2024
Ward
Pewsey Vale West ED
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 6 Priory Cottages, Alton Priors, Marlborough, SN8 4JY. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Alton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Pewsey Vale West ED. We hold 2,878 applications in total for the SN8 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed garage by reason of its location which fails to reflect local design policies would be harmful to the character and appearance of the surrounding Conservation Area due to the loss of the unbroken open frontage of multiple properties. It would result in less than significant harm to the Conservation Area where there are no public benefits arising from the proposed development. As such, the proposal would fail to comply with Core Policy 57 and Core Policy 58 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy, the Adopted Wiltshire Design Guide namely Appendix D, the NPPF, namely paragraph 208, and Section 72 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN8 4JY
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Alton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2024
Consultation expiry
31 October 2024
Consultation end
31 October 2024
Target decision date
29 November 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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: Alton
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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, 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.

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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