Skip to content

Bell Inn, High Street, Winterbourne Stoke, Salisbury, SP3 4SZ

PL/2025/07983Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 4 February 2026

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use of first floor to three bedroom apartment (Use Class C3)

Submitted
3 October 2025
Ward
Till Valley ED
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 124 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bell Inn, High Street, Winterbourne Stoke, Salisbury, SP3 4SZ. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 11 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Till Valley ED. We hold 1,076 applications in total for the SP3 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Wiltshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Why it was refused

  1. The loss of the manager’s flat above The Bell Inn would remove essential on site accommodation necessary for the effective operation and long term viability of the public house. No evidence has been provided to demonstrate that the facility is no longer required or that its loss would not harm the pub’s functioning. The proposal therefore represents an unjustified loss of a key component of a rural community facility (approved Asset of Community Value), contrary to Core Policy 49 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy
  2. The creation of a separate C3 dwelling above The Bell Inn would be subject to unacceptable noise and disturbance from normal pub operations, resulting in poor living conditions for current and future occupiers of the dwelling. Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that these noise impacts can be adequately mitigated or that the dwelling would achieve an acceptable standard of amenity and is therefore contrary to Core Policy 57 vii of the Wiltshire Core Strategy and the provisions of the NPPF (para 135). Furthermore, the introduction of a noise sensitive use in this location would also risk future restrictions on the pub, harming its continued operation contrary to Core Policy 49 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SP3 4SZ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Winterbourne Stoke CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation end
16 December 2025
Target decision date
30 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
119 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near SP3

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address