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MOD Lyneham, Calne Road, Lyneham, Chippenham, SN15 4XX

PL/2025/09871Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 March 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions5 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of two brick chimney stacks and replacement with two number new stainless steel twin lined flues. Adjacent oil storage tanks and bunded walls to be demolished and ground decontaminated.

Submitted
7 January 2026
Ward
Lyneham ED
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at MOD Lyneham, Calne Road, Lyneham, Chippenham, SN15 4XX. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Lyneham ED. We hold 909 applications in total for the SN15 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
SN15 4XX
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lyneham and Bradenstoke CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
12 February 2026
Consultation end
12 February 2026
Target decision date
11 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
63 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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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