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The Old Post Office, The Street, Alderton, Chippenham, SN14 6NL

PL/2025/09381Householder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused on 22 January 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Alterations to garage roof. Addition of dormer windows

Submitted
28 November 2025
Ward
Sherston ED
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at The Old Post Office, The Street, Alderton, Chippenham , SN14 6NL. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Alderton conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Sherston ED. We hold 2,034 applications in total for the SN14 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 proposed development, by reason of its scale, design, form and siting, would result in a form of development that fails to respond positively to the character, context and distinctiveness of the host dwelling and its setting and would detract from the visual amenity of the surrounding area. The proposal would appear visually incongruous, overly dominant and unsympathetic to the character of the area, including the Alderton Conservation Area, the Cotswold National Landscape and listed buildings within close proximity. The proposed development would fail to conserve or enhance the natural beauty, scenic character and special qualities of the designated landscape, with the development resulting in visual harm that has not been adequately mitigated or justified. Additionally, the proposed development would result in substantial harm to the heritage assets and no clear and convincing justification or public benefit has been demonstrated to outweigh this harm. As such, the proposal is contrary to Core Policies 51, 57 and 58 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy (2015), Sections 66(1) and 72(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, policies CE1, CE4 and CE7 of the Cotswold Natural Landscape Management Plan 2025-2030, the design principles set out in Appendix D of the Wiltshire Design Guide SPD, and paragraphs 131 and 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework and chapters 12, 15 and 16 of the NPPF, which collectively seek to ensure high-quality design that respects local character and integrates appropriately with its surroundings, and require development to conserve heritage assets in a manner appropriate to their significance.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN14 6NL
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Luckington & Alderton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
29 December 2025
Consultation end
29 December 2025
Target decision date
23 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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: Alderton
  • 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, 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Apr

    Alterations to garage roof. Addition of dormer windows and conservation rooflights (resubmission of…

    ApprovedHouseholderRelatedPL/2026/02203
  2. 2025
    28 Nov

    Alterations to garage roof. Addition of dormer windows

    This applicationRefusedFullPL/2025/09381

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