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The Laurels, 65 The Common, Broughton Gifford, Melksham, SN12 8NA

PL/2025/00978Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 February 2025

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

G1 - Reduce x 2 Holly trees by up to 1-1.5m G2 - Crown reduce x 2 Wild Pear trees by up to 1.5m to shape T3 - Reduce Beech tree by up to 1.5m so trees are all of a similar size

Submitted
29 January 2025
Ward
Melksham Without West & Rural ED
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at THE LAURELS, 65 THE COMMON, BROUGHTON GIFFORD, MELKSHAM, SN12 8NA. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Broughton Gifford conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Melksham Without West & Rural ED. We hold 273 applications in total for the SN12 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
SN12 8NA
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Broughton Gifford CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2025
Consultation expiry
21 February 2025
Consultation end
21 February 2025
Target decision date
12 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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: Broughton Gifford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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