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Land Opposite 259, Cottles Lane, Turleigh, Bradford on Avon, BA15 2HJ

PL/2025/07716Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 19 November 2025

Council decision: Refuse1 condition1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of garage to workshop, E(g)(iii) (resubmission of PL/2024/11138)

Submitted
24 September 2025
Ward
Winsley & Westwood ED
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Land Opposite 259, Cottles Lane, Turleigh, Bradford on Avon, BA15 2HJ. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Winsley & Westwood ED. We hold 288 applications in total for the BA15 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 Council is not satisfied that sufficient information has been provided by the applicant to demonstrate that the amenity of neighbouring occupiers would be suitably safeguarded from noise impacts from the proposed Class E(g)(iii) use. Moreover, the type of equipment and tools to be used in connection with the proposed use as a carpentry workshop, would likely generate significant noise in close proximity to residential properties. The applicant has failed to submit a noise assessment to establish the anticipated noise levels from the proposed use and has not provided evidence of the existing background noise levels to demonstrate that any new noise generated by the proposal would be at least 5dB below the background level as required by the Council's Planning Consultation Guidance Note on Noise and Vibration (dated October 2023) in Section 6.5. The submission is therefore fundamentally flawed and the Council is not satisfied that the application is properly supported to enable the Council to conclude that the proposal would be acceptable at this location and consequently, the application fails to comply with Core Policy 57 criterion vii of the adopted Wiltshire Core Strategy and paragraph 135f of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BA15 2HJ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Winsley CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
5 November 2025
Consultation end
5 November 2025
Target decision date
19 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Wiltshire
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • 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, 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

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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.

© 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.

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Source: Wiltshire

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