Sarum Academy, Westwood Road, Bemerton Heath, Salisbury, SP2 9HS
Approved on 23 July 2026
Council decision: Approve with Conditions30 conditions
Proposal
Hybrid application: full planning permission is sought for erection of a new detached classroom block to the northwest of the main school building; a weather protected link to the existing main building; a new artificial turf pitch with flood lights; and
- Submitted
- 23 March 2026
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- Salisbury Bemerton Heath ED
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Mar
- ValidatedValidated23 Mar
- Consult.Consultation29 Apr
- TargetTarget Date19 Jun
- DecidedDecided23 Jul
Decided in 122 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Sarum Academy, Westwood Road, Bemerton Heath, Salisbury, SP2 9HS. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 10 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Salisbury Bemerton Heath ED. We hold 295 applications in total for the SP2 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
- SP2 9HS
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Salisbury CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 29 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 29 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 June 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Georgina Wright
- Statutory period
- 88 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 98
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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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