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The Old School House, East Kennett, Marlborough, SN8 4EY

PL/2025/01610Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 1 April 2025

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

1. Holly tree - reduce one eastern stem by 50% and re shape - this is to allow more sunlight into the garden and make the tree more maintainable 2. Sycamore tree - remove 3 low branches - this is to prevent any interference with the road and to re-balanc

Submitted
17 February 2025
Ward
Marlborough West ED
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, EAST KENNETT, MARLBOROUGH, SN8 4EY. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the East Kennett conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Marlborough West ED. We hold 2,881 applications in total for the SN8 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
SN8 4EY
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Kennett CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2025
Consultation expiry
12 March 2025
Consultation end
12 March 2025
Target decision date
31 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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: East Kennett
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old ThatchOn or next to this site
  • 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, 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.

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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