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Kingsdown Farm, Lords Hill, Longbridge Deverill, Warminster, BA12 7DY

PL/2025/06627Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 19 January 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 condition1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Construction of a landscape shelter bank.

Submitted
8 August 2025
Ward
Wylye Valley ED
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 164 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Kingsdown Farm, Lords Hill, Longbridge Deverill, Warminster, BA12 7DY. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 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 120 applications across Wylye Valley ED. We hold 1,459 applications in total for the BA12 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 virtue of its highly protected location, the site being in excess of 10 hectares in extent as well as the scale and height of the engineering embankment proposal is considered ‘major development’ as defined by the NPPF and when tested against NPPF paragraph 190, and notwithstanding the assertions made by the applicant, the Council is not convinced the proposal is justified and there are no exceptional circumstances or overriding public interest to justify approving this major development in the Cranborne Chase National Landscape, which would significantly change and be harmful to the very special scenic natural landscape and would introduce a prominent feature into a sensitive landscape without justification. Wiltshire Council maintains that a less impactful solution to deliver some wind and weather sheltering exists which would not be major development and moreover, would not demonstrably harm the National Landscape. NPPF paragraph 189 is also very clear in terms of arguing that the scale and extent of development within National Landscapes should be limited, and great weight should be given to conserving and enhancing landscape and scenic beauty. The development proposal, as submitted, would harm the National Landscape’s natural beauty and character, which are fundamental to its designation, causing substantial harm to the scenic quality and visual amenity of the area. The proposed development is contrary to paragraphs 189 and 190 of the National Planning Policy Framework and to Core Policies 51 and Core Policy 57 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy, because the development fails to protect, conserve and where possible enhance the nationally protected landscape.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BA12 7DY
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Longbridge Deverill CP;Sutton Veny CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Consultation expiry
10 October 2025
Consultation end
10 October 2025
Target decision date
3 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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