Land at Westlands Lane, to the North of Melksham Substation, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 7QF
Approved on 3 June 2026
Council decision: Approve with Conditions3 conditions
Proposal
Construction of Bellmouth Access to Melksham Substation from Westlands Lane.
- Submitted
- 23 February 2026
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold ED
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated23 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 Apr
- TargetTarget Date20 Apr
- DecidedDecided3 Jun
Decided in 100 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land at Westlands Lane, to the North of Melksham Substation, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 7QF. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 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 35 applications across Melksham Without North & Shurnhold ED. We hold 273 applications in total for the SN12 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
- SN12 7QF
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Melksham Without CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 April 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Lucie Turner
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
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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