15A High Street, Calne, SN11 0BS
Refused on 31 July 2025
Council decision: Refuse1 condition1 reason for refusal
Proposal
The replacement of two wooden sash windows on the first floor front side of the property with uPVC double glazed equivalents with acoustic glass.
- Submitted
- 25 April 2025
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- Calne Central ED
- ReceivedSubmitted25 Apr
- ValidatedValidated25 Apr
- Consult.Consultation23 May
- TargetTarget Date31 Jul
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 97 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for window replacement at 15A High Street, Calne, SN11 0BS. Wiltshire has handled 2,601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 7 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Calne conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Calne Central ED. We hold 271 applications in total for the SN11 postcode area.
97% of heritage 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
- The grade II listed building makes a significant and positive contribution to the character and appearance of the conservation area. The proposed replacement windows would result in the loss of important historic fabric, including original joinery and glazing, and would not accurately replicate the detailed appearance of the existing timber sashes. The use of uPVC, a modern synthetic material, would introduce a discordant and visually intrusive element that fails to respect the traditional palette of materials that defines both the building and its setting. The replacements lack the style and appearance of the existing timber sashes and do not accurately reflect what currently exists. No compelling evidence has been provided which confirms that any of the windows are beyond repair, nor that the thermal efficiency of the property or acoustic improvements could not be improved by other less intrusive measures. The absence of such justification undermines the necessity of the proposed works and fails to meet the evidential threshold required for the loss of historic fabric. The proposal would therefore cause less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed building and the character and appearance of the conservation area. In accordance with paragraph 202 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), this harm must be weighed against any public benefits. In this case, no overriding public benefit has been identified that would justify the harm. Consequently, the application is considered to be contrary to Core Policy 57: Ensuring High Quality Design and Place Shaping and Core Policy 58: Ensuring the Conservation of the Historic Environment of the Wiltshire Core Strategy, and paragraphs 8, 135, 202, 210, 212 and 215 of the National Planning Policy Framework and the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SN11 0BS
- Application type
- Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Calne CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 23 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 July 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 97 days
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 19
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Calne
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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.
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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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