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St Peters Church, High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1HQ

PL/2025/04302Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 16 March 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 condition1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Installation of 4No. antennas (painted to match fabric of host building), 1No. equipment cabinet (Grey RAL7035), 1No. meter cabinet (Grey RAL7035) (external, ground level), and all ancillary development including grillage Removal of 4No. timber frames an

Submitted
28 May 2025
Ward
Marlborough West ED
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated28 May
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 292 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at St Peters Church, High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1HQ. Wiltshire has handled 2,601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 292 days, 35 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Marlborough conservation area, with 20 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.

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

  1. The proposal to replace the existing timber louvres within the church tower with GRP louvres would fail to preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the Grade II* listed building. The use of GRP is not considered an appropriate (or authentic) material for use within a significant feature of this church of more than special interest, and the applicant has not demonstrated why any intended benefits, to be secured through the works could not be achieved through a less harmful approach. The proposal fails to preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building, causing less-than-substantial harm to its significance as a designated heritage asset. In the absence of any justification to support the change in material, contrary to the statutory duty under Section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, paragraphs 210, 212, 213 & 215 of the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024) and Policies 57 and 58 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN8 1HQ
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Marlborough CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 May 2025
Consultation expiry
15 December 2025
Consultation end
15 December 2025
Target decision date
6 March 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Clements
Statutory period
282 days

Additional information

Documents
34

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: Marlborough
  • Listed building: Grade II: 50 and 50a, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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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