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The Old Rectory, Groveley Road, Barford St Martin, Salisbury, SP3 4AF

PL/2026/01296Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 April 2026

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

T1 - Holm Oak tree - crown thin by 25% and crown reduce by 25% T2 - Maple trees - fell T3 - Yew tree - crown reduce by 25% T4 - Malus tree - crown reduce by 25%

Submitted
24 February 2026
Ward
Fovant & Chalke Valley ED
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at THE OLD RECTORY, GROVELEY ROAD, BARFORD ST MARTIN, SALISBURY, SP3 4AF. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Barford St Martin conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Fovant & Chalke Valley ED. We hold 1,081 applications in total for the SP3 postcode area.

99% of trees 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
SP3 4AF
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barford St. Martin CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Sue Morgan
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
1

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: Barford St Martin
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Rectory With Attached Garden Walls and GatewayOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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