Former Lecture Hall, The Parade, Marlborough, SN8 1NE
Approved on 19 February 2026
Council decision: Approve with Conditions7 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use from Class B8 (storage and distribution) to Class E (commercial, business and service) excluding subclasses (e - the provision of medical or health services & f - as a creche or day nursery). Works associated with this change as shown on sub
- Submitted
- 17 October 2025
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- Marlborough West ED
- ReceivedSubmitted17 Oct
- ValidatedValidated17 Oct
- Consult.Consultation29 Dec
- TargetTarget Date20 Feb
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 125 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Lecture Hall, The Parade, Marlborough , SN8 1NE. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 11 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Marlborough conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Marlborough West ED. We hold 2,878 applications in total for the SN8 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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Application details
- Postcode
- SN8 1NE
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Marlborough CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 29 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 20 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 126 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Marlborough
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202320 Sep
Erection of canopy for events and protection from weather for customers to be removed for 2 months per annum.
WithdrawnListed building consentPL/2023/08090 - 202320 Sep
Erection of canopy for events and protection from weather for customers to be removed for 2 months per annum.
ApprovedFull planning permissionPL/2023/07837
Source: Wiltshire
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