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95 High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1HD

PL/2026/01373Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 26 October 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Retention of burgundy and pink striped painted front façade.

Submitted
19 March 2026
Ward
Marlborough West ED
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 221 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 95 High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1HD. Wiltshire has handled 2,601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 221 days, 25 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Marlborough conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Marlborough West ED. We hold 2,881 applications in total for the SN8 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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 retention of the painted striped colour scheme fails to preserve the special interest of the grade II listed building and its setting. The striped colour scheme is not considered an appropriate or traditional form of decoration for a principal elevation, causing visual harm to the special architectural character and historic interest of the 18th century façade. The proposal causes harm to its significance as a designated heritage asset. In addition, the proposal also causes visual harm to the character and appearance of the Marlborough Conservation Area. In the absence of any reasonable justification to support the retained decoration scheme, or public benefits that would outweigh the visual harm, the proposal is contrary to the statutory duty under Section 16 and 72(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, National Planning Policy Framework (August 2026) Policies HE4(2), HE6(1,3,4) & HE9(1), and Wiltshire Council Core Strategy Policies 57 and 58.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN8 1HD
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Marlborough CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation end
16 April 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Pippa Card
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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: Marlborough
  • Listed building: Grade II: 93-98, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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