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Lovett Farm, Swindon Road, Little Somerford, Chippenham, SN15 5BP

PL/2025/08682Prior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghousesRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Part 3, Class Q for Conversion of Existing Building to Create 3No. New Dwellings

Submitted
31 October 2025
Ward
Brinkworth ED
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 236 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at LOVETT FARM, SWINDON ROAD, LITTLE SOMERFORD, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 5BP. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 236 days, 27 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Brinkworth ED. We hold 906 applications in total for the SN15 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. The proposed development, by reason of the extent of building operations required, including the removal and replacement of the external cladding and roof sheeting forming the essential envelope of the building, would go beyond what could reasonably be described as a conversion and would instead amount to a rebuild. The Local Planning Authority is therefore not satisfied that the proposal falls within the scope of permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), having regard to the principles established in Hibbitt v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016]. Planning permission is therefore required for the proposed development.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN15 5BP
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lea, Garsdon & Cleverton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Consultation expiry
2 December 2025
Consultation end
2 December 2025
Target decision date
27 February 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Lucie Turner
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.

  • 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.

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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