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The Old Barn, Keevil, Trowbridge, BA14 6NQ

PL/2025/05419Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 17 December 2025

Council decision: Refuse3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use and conversion to a self-build dwelling, construction of open fronted car port, EV charging point, log store and associated works

Submitted
8 July 2025
Ward
Melksham Without West & Rural ED
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 162 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old Barn, Keevil, Trowbridge, BA14 6NQ. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 16 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. 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 2,268 applications in total for the BA14 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of its location would be contrary to the settlement, delivery and community area strategies and unacceptable in principle. The proposal fails to accord with Core Policies 1, 2 and 15 of the adopted Wiltshire Core Strategy (Jan 2015), and the NPPF (Dec 2024) Refusal Reason
  2. The proposal fails to comply with Core Policy 48 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy (Jan 2015) as the site does not have reasonable access to local services, contrary to criterion (iv). Furthermore, insufficient evidence has been provided to demonstrate that the existing employment use is genuinely redundant and that the sequentially preferable uses set out in the policy are not practical propositions.
  3. Due to the distance to local services, facilities and amenities, occupants of a dwelling on the plot would likely be heavily reliant on the use of private motor transport for the majority of day to day activities, contrary to the principles of sustainable development and the aims of reducing the need to travel, contrary to Core Policies 60 and 61 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy (Jan 2015), and the NPPF (Dec 2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BA14 6NQ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Keevil CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2025
Consultation expiry
3 December 2025
Consultation end
3 December 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
162 days

Appeal history

6004625
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 24 June 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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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