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All Boxed, Bath Road Industrial Estate, Chippenham, SN14 0AB

PL/2025/06859Outline planning permission: Some matters reservedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 October 2025

Council decision: Refuse5 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Outline Planning Permission for the Erection of building for self storage use (Class B8) after demolition of existing self-storage building. All Matters Reserved except for Access, Layout and Scale.

Submitted
19 August 2025
Ward
Chippenham Sheldon ED
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at ALL BOXED, BATH ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 0AB. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Chippenham Sheldon ED. We hold 2,034 applications in total for the SN14 postcode area.

80% of outline 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. By virtue of the size of the unit and the scale of replacement building, the scheme represents unacceptable overdevelopment of the site. The development proposed would result in an cramped appearance with minimal external area to serve the building which is out of keeping with the character of the industrial estate and would result in an unduly prominent, discordant feature. The scheme is contrary to Core Policy 57 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy, SCC2 of the Chippenham Neighbourhood Development Plan and Paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The scheme fails to demonstrate that the layout would provide adequate secure, covered and accessible cycle storage in line with the Council’s wider aims to encourage more sustainable forms of travel and as such fails to demonstrate how the development will support the use of sustainable transport modes. The scheme is contrary to the requirements of the Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 3 (Cycling Strategy), Core Policies 61 and 64 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy and T1 of the Chippenham Neighbourhood Development Plan.
  3. By virtue of the size of the indicative parking bays not meeting standard sizes, the application fails to demonstrate that the proposed layout will allow for sufficient parking to serve the proposed scale of the replacement building. The layout further fails to demonstrate that cars can safely access and leave the site without resulting in harm to pedestrians. The scheme represents harm to highway safety, contrary to the requirements of the Wiltshire Local Transport Plan 3 (Parking Strategy), Core Policies 61 and 64 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy and provisions of Chapter 9 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  4. The scale and layout of the development will require the removal of trees from the site and there has been insufficient information provided to demonstrate whether their removal will trigger a requirement for re-planting of trees in line with guidance held within the Tree Planting Guide associated with the Chippenham Neighbourhood Development Plan. The scheme fails to demonstrate compliance with the Tree Planting Guide and is contrary to the aims of GI5 of the Chippenham Neighbourhood Development Plan, Core Policy 51 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy and Paragraph 136 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  5. The scheme fails to demonstrate that the proposal is being designed to ensure compliance with the sustainable construction and BREEAM requirements of the development plan that are fundamental to the achievement of sustainable development within the Wiltshire context and support the transition to net zero by 2050. The scheme is contrary to the requirements of Core Policies 41 and 57 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy, SCC1 and SCC2 of the Chippenham Neighbourhood Development Plan and Paragraph 161 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN14 0AB
Application type
Outline planning permission: Some matters reserved
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chippenham CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2025
Consultation expiry
23 October 2025
Consultation end
23 October 2025
Target decision date
18 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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.

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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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