The Rectory, Bitham Lane, Westbury, BA13 3BU
Approved on 12 September 2025
Council decision: No Objection
Proposal
T2 - Willow tree (dead) - fell T3 - Ash tree - fell
- Submitted
- 1 August 2025
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- Westbury North ED
- ReceivedSubmitted1 Aug
- ValidatedValidated1 Aug
- Consult.Consultation26 Aug
- TargetTarget Date12 Sep
- DecidedDecided12 Sep
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at THE RECTORY, BITHAM LANE, WESTBURY, BA13 3BU. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Westbury conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,189 applications in total for the BA13 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
- BA13 3BU
- Application type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Westbury CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 26 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 September 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Westbury
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wiltshire
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