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49, Market Place, Chippenham, SN15 3HU

PL/2026/01822Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

Alterations to, and replacement of shopfront.

Submitted
18 March 2026
Ward
Chippenham Hardens & Central ED
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 49, Market Place, Chippenham, SN15 3HU. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in the Chippenham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Chippenham Hardens & Central ED. We hold 909 applications in total for the SN15 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
SN15 3HU
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chippenham CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Consultation end
30 April 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
James Webster
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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: Chippenham
  • Listed building: Grade II: 48, Market PlaceOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Floors 1 And 2 Above 46 And 47 Market Place Chippenham WiltshireRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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