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South Church Yard, St Thomas Church, St Thomas Square, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

PL/2026/01379Notification 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 Yew - Remove stem epicormics immediately to the west of the entrance to the churchyard to provide maximum clearance at this point. T2 Yew - Prune growth growing towards the building adjacent to St Thomas' Square to provide maximum clearance possible f

Submitted
27 February 2026
Ward
Salisbury St. Edmund's ED
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at SOUTH CHURCH YARD, ST THOMAS CHURCH, ST THOMAS SQUARE, SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE.. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Salisbury conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Salisbury St. Edmund's ED.

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

Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Salisbury CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation end
24 March 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Caroline Gamble
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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: Salisbury
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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