Langfords Car Spares, Semley, Shaftesbury, SP7 9AQ
Approved on 31 July 2026
Council decision: Approve with Conditions17 conditions
Proposal
Change of use of part of the commercial yard from Sui Generis (car spares) to a self‑storage facility, including the installation of 118 storage containers, widening of the site access, and the erection of security fencing with associated works
- Submitted
- 27 April 2026
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- Nadder Valley ED
- ReceivedSubmitted27 Apr
- ValidatedValidated27 Apr
- Consult.Consultation4 Jun
- TargetTarget Date27 Jul
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 95 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Langfords Car Spares, Semley, Shaftesbury, SP7 9AQ. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Nadder Valley ED. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 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
- SP7 9AQ
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Sedgehill and Semley CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 July 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Joe Richardson
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 24
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
- National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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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Consultants on this application
- Darwin Ecology Ltd · Named in the conditions: Ecological Report
- 2.5 miShaftesbury
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- 20.7 miTrowbridge
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