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Grange Farm, 61 Lower Road, Bratton, Westbury, BA13 4RQ

PL/2025/08233Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 condition1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Installation of 16 solar panels on the rear gable-end roofs of main property

Submitted
21 January 2026
Ward
Ethandune ED
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Grange Farm, 61 Lower Road, Bratton, Westbury, BA13 4RQ. Wiltshire has handled 2,601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bratton conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Ethandune ED. We hold 1,189 applications in total for the BA13 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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 proposal works would harm the character and significance of the listed building by being visually incongruous in views of the listed building, harming its architectural qualities. No objective justification has been provided that demonstrates that the PV’s could not be sited in a less prominent location and that the objectives for increasing energy efficiency could not be achieved in an alternative way which avoids harm to the buildings’ significance in line with the NPPF requirements. The harm, although less than substantial, is therefore not outweighed by any public benefits, including securing the heritage asset’s optimum viable use. The proposal is contrary to Section 16(2) and 72 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990; chapter 16 of the NPPF (paras 212, 213 and 215) and policy CP58 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy (Adopted January 2015). Location Plan – dated 14/10/2025 Location and Site Plan – dated 14/11/2025 Roof Layout 14/10/2025 Aerial Roof Photo Showing Panel Layout – 14/10/2025 Proposed Elevations – 14 November 2025 Existing Elevations – 14 November 2025 Existing Second Floor Plan – 14 November 2025 Proposed Second Floor Plan – 14 November 2025 Nic Thomas - Director of Planning, Economy and Regeneration

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BA13 4RQ
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bratton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Consultation expiry
20 February 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Target decision date
18 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bratton
  • 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.

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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