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10 Whitworth Road, Chippenham, SN15 3QS

PL/2026/01202Lawful development: Proposed useRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Single-storey rear extension.

Submitted
20 February 2026
Ward
Chippenham Hardens & Central ED
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 10 Whitworth Road, Chippenham, SN15 3QS. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Rowden conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Chippenham Hardens & Central 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 would not constitute permitted development by virtue of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) as permitted development rights for extensions to the property were removed by condition under application reference 99/01603/REM

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN15 3QS
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chippenham CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Target decision date
17 April 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: Rowden
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Mar

    Single storey rear extension of a detached house

    ApprovedHouseholderPL/2026/01960

Source: Wiltshire

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