Little Thornham Farm, Trowbridge Road, Seend, SN12 6PQ
Approved on 5 May 2026
Council decision: Approve with Conditions9 conditions
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Proposal
- Change of Use of development land from Agricultural to Camping site - 4 - 6 no. modest gravelled areas (for parking) - Toilets and 'washing up' facility - 4 no. bell tents upon decking - Designated grassed tent area (To accommodate up to 10 tents)
- Submitted
- 28 February 2025
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- Devizes Rural West ED
- ReceivedSubmitted28 Feb
- ValidatedValidated28 Feb
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date25 Apr
- DecidedDecided5 May
Decided in 431 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at LITTLE THORNHAM FARM, TROWBRIDGE ROAD, SEEND, SN12 6PQ. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 431 days, 55 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Devizes Rural West ED. We hold 274 applications in total for the SN12 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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Application details
- Postcode
- SN12 6PQ
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Seend CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 April 2025
Planning decision
- Case officer
- David Millinship
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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
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Source: Wiltshire
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For the applicant
Need an ecological survey or mitigation plan? Ecologists near this site
Condition 8 on the decision asks for this.
Consultants on this application
- Pure Ecology Limited · Named in the conditions: Ecological Report
- 4.2 miTrowbridge
- 9.0 miChippenham
- 9.5 miChippenham
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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